| La Vengeance d'une blonde | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Written by | Michel Delgado Valentine Albin Marie-Anne Chazel Bernard Murat |
| Starring | Christian Clavier Marie-Anne Chazel Annie Cordy Clémentine Célarié Thierry Lhermitte |
| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Le Mener |
| Edited by | Catherine Kelber |
| Music by | Eric Levi |
| Distributed by | AMLF |
Release date | 26 January 1994 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $12.2 million[1] |
La Vengeance d'une blonde is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Jeannot Szwarc.[2][3][4]
Plot
Gérard Breha is journalist on a Breton regional channel. He host, happy, his last Show, as he has been named host to the 23 hours newsreader on the large private TV channel 8... He moved with his wife Corine, actress, and their two children in Paris, tentatively in Jany (great seductress), the mother of Corine, to start this new life.[5]
Cast
- Christian Clavier as Gérard Bréha
- Marie-Anne Chazel as Corine Bréha
- Annie Cordy as Jany
- Clémentine Célarié as Marie-Ange de la Baume
- Thierry Lhermitte as Gilles Favier
- Marc de Jonge as Vernon
- Philippe Khorsand as Régis Montdor
- Angelo Infanti as Giacomo Contini
- Antoine Duléry as Alex
- Franck de la Personne as Stéphane
- Jean-Paul Muel as Castol
- Maurice Lamy as The Albino
- Mathias Jung as The Hail
- François Toumarkine as Ventru
- Laurent Gendron as Goulot
- Véronique Moest as Bella
- Naël Kervoas as Athéna
- Michel Vivier as Raymond
- Michel Fortin as Norbert
- Urbain Cancelier as The delivery guy
- Fabienne Chaudat as The servant
Reception
The film opened at number one at the French box office.[6]
Music
Eric Lévi had composed the soundtrack for Les Visiteurs, the highest-grossing film in France in 1993, also starring Christian Clavier. For La Vengeance d'une Blonde he wrote the score and the end-credit song. The song People and Places was written by Lévi with Roxanne Seeman and Philip Bailey, who sings it as a duet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. Philippe Manca is featured on guitar. Thierry Rogan mixed the track at Studio Mega.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "People and Places" | Eric Levi, Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman | Dee Dee Bridgewater & Philip Bailey | 4:07 |
| 2. | "The City Of Lights" | Levi | 1:41 | |
| 3. | "The City Of Lights (Lead Guitar)" | Levi | 1:41 | |
| 4. | "People and Places (Club Mix)" | Levi, Bailey, Seeman | Dee Dee Bridgewater & Philip Bailey | 4:07 |
| 5. | "YAM Intro" | Leonard Caston, Anita Poree | 0:13 | |
| 6. | "King Of The Night" | Levi | 3:50 | |
| 7. | "YAM Exit" | Levi | 0:13 | |
| 8. | "TV 8 Countdown" | Levi | 0:51 | |
| 9. | "Melo Sax" | Levi | 0:19 | |
| 10. | "Back To Zero" | Levi | 0:40 | |
| 11. | "Séduction" | Levi | 1:14 | |
| 12. | "Hijack" | Levi | 1:40 | |
| 13. | "People and Places (Instrumental)" | Levi, Bailey, Seeman | 4:07 | |
| 14. | "YAM's World" | Levi | 1:50 | |
| 15. | "YAM 4" | Levi | 0:50 | |
| 16. | "YAM 5" | Levi | 0:50 |
References
- ↑ "La Vengeance d\'une blonde (1994) - JPBox-Office".
- ↑ "Jeannot Szwarc | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ Nesselson, Lisa (1994-02-28). "La Vengeance D'une Blonde; Revenge of a Blonde". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "Le film à voir ce soir: La Vengeance d'une blonde sur NT1". tvmag.lefigaro.fr. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "Programme TV - La vengeance d'une blonde". tvmag.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "International box office". Variety. 7 February 1994. p. 14.
- ↑ People and Places - Philip Bailey, Dee Dee Bridgewater | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-03-20