À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

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À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017

0h 54m

7.0(1 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.

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56 members

Acting

Pierre Richard

Self (archive footage)

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Victor Lanoux

Self - Actor, friend of Pierre Richard

Sound

Vladimir Cosma

Self - Film music composer

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Mylène Demongeot

Self - Actress

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Yves Robert

Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)

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Michel Robin

Self - Actor

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Fanny Bastien

Self - Actress

Writing

Christophe Duthuron

Self - Author, director

Acting

Valérie Mairesse

Self - Actress

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Jean-Louis Terrangle

Self - Director

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Danielle Minazzoli

Self - Actress, dancer, first wife of Pierre (archive footage)

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Marion Game

Self - Actress

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Danny Kaye

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Directing

Serge Korber

Self - Director

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Pierre Perret

Self - Singer, composer, actor (archive footage)

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Raymond Devos

Self – Humorist (archive footage)

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Boby Lapointe

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Serge Lama

Self - Songwriter, singer (archive footage)

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Barbara

Self - Singer, songwriter (archive footage)

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Jean Carmet

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Bernard Blier

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Marie-Christine Barrault

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Writing

Danièle Thompson

Self - Screenwriter, director, producer

Acting

Gérard Oury

Self - Actor, director, producer (archive footage)

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Micheline Luccioni

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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Bernard Charlan

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Paul Préboist

Self - Actor, humorist (archive footage)

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Anny Duperey

Self - Actress, dancer (archive footage)

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Mario David

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Robert Castel

Self - Actor, humorist (archive footage)

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Jean Rochefort

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Paul Le Person

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Jean Saudray

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Maurice Barrier

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Mireille Darc

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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Colette Castel

Self – Actress, humorist (archive footage)

Directing

Claude Zidi

Self - Director, producer (archive footage)

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Jane Birkin

Self - Actress, singer (archive footage)

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Michel Aumont

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Fabrice Greco

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Michel Bouquet

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Chantal Jolis

Self - Radio presenter, actress (archive footage)

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Claude Brosset

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Raymond Bussières

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Vittorio Caprioli

Self – Italian actor (archive footage)

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Tiberio Murgia

Self – Italian actor (archive footage)

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Christine Murillo

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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Aldo Maccione

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Writing

Francis Veber

Self - Screenwriter, director, producer (archive footage)

Acting

Gérard Depardieu

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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André Valardy

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Maritza Olivares

Self - Mexican actress (archive footage)

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Михаил Горбачёв

Self - Soviet and Russian statesman (archive footage)

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Ceyla Lacerda

Self - Brazilian model, Pierre's second wife (archive footage)

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Christophe Defays

Self - Musician, son of Pierre (archive footage)

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Olivier Defays

Self - Musician, son of Pierre (archive footage)

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