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Garçon!
1983 Romantic Comedy / Drama
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Credits
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Director: Claude Sautet
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Script: Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie
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Photo: Jean Boffety
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Music: Philippe Sarde
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Cast: Yves Montand (Alex),
Nicole Garcia (Claire),
Jacques Villeret (Gilbert),
Rosy Varte (Gloria),
Marie Dubois (Marie-Pierre),
Dominique Laffin (Coline),
Pierre-Loup Rajot (Maurice),
Jean-Claude Bouillaud (Urbain),
Nicolas Vogel (Maxime),
Bernard Fresson (Francis),
Annick Alane (Jeannette),
Clémentine Célarié (Margot),
Yves Robert (Simon),
Hubert Deschamps (Armand),
Henri Génès (Sangali)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 102 min
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Aka: Waiter!
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Summary
After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a
chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies'
man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an
old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are
easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life…
Review
Claude Sautet’s third collaboration with Yves Montand – after the popular
César et Rosalie (1972) and
Vincent, François, Paul...et les autres
(1974) – is this light hearted comedy-drama which plays to Montand’s strengths and
allows Sautet to once more explore one of his favourite themes – the strength of friendship
in relation to the ephemeral nature of male-female romantic relationships. In comparison
with the director’s better known works, it is pretty much an inconsequential film, easily
overlooked and soon forgotten once seen. However, a pleasing performance from a
relentlessly cheerful Yves Montand, here playing an ageing Don Juan of impeccable manners,
makes this a mildly enjoyable cinematic diversion.
© James Travers 2005
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