Johan (1976)
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Cast
Éric Guadagnan, Patrice Pascal, Marie-Christine Weill, Philippe Vallois, Georges Barber, Nicole Rondy, Karl Forest, Ivan Roberto
A young director tries to cast a film about his arrested lover, but the search for replacements draws him into the man's circle.
The story
Philippe, a young director, plans to make a film about Johan, his lover, who is a thief and con man. When Johan is arrested for check fraud, Philippe sets out to find a replacement actor to play him. During the search, he meets Johan’s mother, friends, and enemies, encountering the people connected to the absent man. Johan himself remains unseen, represented in the proposed film only through quotations from letters. The article describes Philippe’s attempt to assemble a cast and make the project possible, without revealing the outcome of that effort.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The young director Philippe wants to make a film about his lover Johan, a thief and con man. But Johan is arrested for check fraud. Philippe, played by Patrice Pascal, sets out to find a replacement actor and in the process meets Johan’s mother, friends, and enemies. Johan appears in the film only through quotations from letters; he remains unknown to the viewer. In the end, the two people who were supposed to play the lead roles leave Paris, so the film is never made.
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