Louis de Funès, le rire éternel

Synopsis

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Louis de Funès, this documentary by Jacques Pessis pays tribute to the cult actor by retracing his career through excerpts of his greatest successes in the cinema and in the music hall, never-before-seen archives, as well as testimonies from personalities and relatives.

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Key crew

• Jacques PessisDirector
• Jacques PessisWriter
• Thierry BellaïcheDirector

Cast

• Louis de FunèsSelf (archive footage)
• Philippe ChevallierNarrator (voice)
• Patrice LeconteSelf - Filmmaker
• François-Xavier DemaisonSelf - Actor
• Bernard AlaneSelf - Actor
• Patrick HaudecœurSelf - Actor, stage director
• Valérie BonnetonSelf - Actress
• Gilles BotineauSelf - Film critic
• Laurent de FunèsSelf - Grandson
• Patrick PréjeanSelf - Actor
• Elisabeth EtienneSelf - Actress
• Vladimir CosmaSelf - Composer

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