''La Menace'' is a 1977 French-Canadian film directed by
Alain Corneau and starring
Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer.
Early life
Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held strong ...
,
Carole Laure
Carole Laure O.C. (born August 5, 1948) is an actress and singer from Quebec, Canada.
Career
Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she m ...
and
Marie Dubois.
Plot
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Henri and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Henri and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.
Cast
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Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer.
Early life
Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held strong ...
- Henri Savin
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Carole Laure
Carole Laure O.C. (born August 5, 1948) is an actress and singer from Quebec, Canada.
Career
Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she m ...
- Julie Manet
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Marie Dubois - Dominique Montlaur
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Jean-François Balmer - Waldeck
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Marc Eyraud
Marc Eyraud (1 March 1924 – 15 February 2005) was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1956 and 1995.
Partial filmography
* ''Plucking the Daisy'' (1956) - Un photographe (uncredited)
* ''The Man in the Raincoat'' (1957) ...
- Judge
*
Roger Muni - Bruno
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Jacques Rispal - Paco
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Michel Ruhl
Michel Ruhl (2 February 1934 – 15 January 2022) was a French actor.
Life and career
Ruhl became widely known for his role as Jean de Plessis-Vaudreuil in the series ', directed by . He began his career in 1952 under the direction of Gérard P ...
- Master Leverrier
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Gabriel Gascon
Gabriel Gascon (8 January 1927 – 30 May 2018) was a Canadian stage and film actor.
Born in Montreal, Quebec to parents Charles-Auguste Gascon and Marie-Rose Dubuc, Gascon began his acting career after joining the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent_with ...
- Pannequin
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Martin Trévières - Belloc
Film location
The last section of the movie was shot in the Canadian province of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
; in the
Cariboo
The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia, Canada, centered on a plateau stretching from Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains. The name is a reference to the caribou that were once abundant in the region.
The Cariboo was the ...
region,
Cypress Mountain and
North Vancouver.
Budget
estimated 2,400,000 CAD
Awards
Marie Dubois won César for Best Supporting Actress in 1978.
References
External links
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1970s Canadian films
1970s French films
1970s psychological thriller films
1977 films
Canadian psychological thriller films
Films about suicide
Films directed by Alain Corneau
Films scored by Gerry Mulligan
Films shot in Vancouver
French-language Canadian films
French psychological thriller films
Trucker films
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