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Woody AllenScénario:
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Woody Allen, Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Corbett Monica, Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan (plus)Résumés(1)
Un groupe d'artistes de cabaret se remémore les aventures de Danny Rose, l'imprésario le plus ringard du show-business! Névrosé et hypocondriaque, Danny Rose se dévouait corps et âme pour ses "protégés": un danseur de claquettes unijambiste, des pigeons joueurs de piano ou encore un xylophoniste aveugle. La gloire semblait pourtant pointer le bout de son nez en la personne de Lou Canova, un crooner auquel il croyait dur comme fer. Mais c'était compter sans Tina, sa maîtresse qui s'était acoquinée avec la pègre... (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (2)
A clear example of Woody's nostalgic and happily romantic period. The story told by a group sitting in a restaurant is strongest as expected, especially in moments when Allen sparkles as a neurotic manager and it beautifully shows how much the master creator loves cabaret performances from the old school. The strength of this film does not come to the viewer during brilliant word gags or during the romantically escalating ending, but only after the end credits, when they have nothing left but to leave this magical atmosphere.
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At first viewing perhaps unremarkable, but at the second, third, fourth or God knows how many viewings, it is another very pleasant, if not excellent, contribution to Woody Allen's filmography. Somewhat surprisingly (at least for me), this time it was not Allen himself who was in front of the camera, but rather the amazing Mia Farrow in a position I am not used to seeing her in. But that doesn't mean that Allen fleeing from Italian murderers equipped with a pistol and an axe isn't magical. Too bad we didn't see the "Clark's penguin on roller skates dressed as a rabbi". Or at least a one-legged tap dancer.
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