Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982)
Directed by Élie Chouraqui

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

Undeterred by one box office failure, thirty-something filmmaker David is preparing his second film.  Once he has completed the script, he insists on reading it to his wife Anna, who is beginning to find him unbearably egocentric.  So wrapped up is David in his little world that Anna can barely bring herself to tell him that she is pregnant.  David even neglects his parents, and he is surprised when Hélène, the star of his first film, calls him up one day.  David's ordered world begins to fall apart when Anna makes up her mind to apply for a teaching job in the United States...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Élie Chouraqui
  • Script: Élie Chouraqui
  • Cinematographer: Robert Alazraki
  • Music: Michel Legrand
  • Cast: Charles Aznavour (Léon, le père de David), Nicole Garcia (Anna), Francis Huster (David), Michel Jonasz (Simon), Nathalie Nell (France), Magali Noël (Sarah, la mère de David), André Dussollier (Guy), Charles Gérard (William), Anouk Aimée (Hélène), Katia Tchenko (Rose), Danièle Delorme (Georges), Annie Noël (La mère supérieure), Maurice Bénichou (Albert), Geneviève Mnich (Rebecca), Nicolas Hossein (Nicolas), Josée Yanne (Lou), Alexis Hazera (David 5 ans), Eric Magnan (David 12 ans), Nicolas Wolf (Simon jeune), Sophie Lifshitz (France 7 ans)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 97 min

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