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Les 100 vies de Francis Blanche (2022)

Genre : Documentary, Comedy

Runtime : 53M

Director : Jacques Pessis

Synopsis

Comedian, actor, author, director and emblematic figure of the French stage and cinema of the 50s and 60s, Francis Blanche liked to change register, moving from radio to writing to television and cinema, living more than "hundred lives".

Actors

Francis Blanche
Francis Blanche
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Davoust
Gérard Davoust
Self - édition Raoul Breton
Sonia Laroze
Sonia Laroze
Self
Arlette Rebora
Arlette Rebora
Self
Denise Glaser
Denise Glaser
Self (archive footage)
Dominique Blanche
Dominique Blanche
Self - Fille
Barbara Blanche
Barbara Blanche
Self - Fille
Xavier Jaillard
Xavier Jaillard
Self - Chancelier de l'Académie Alphonse Allais

Crews

Jacques Pessis
Jacques Pessis
Director

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