Overview
A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Louis Delluc Prize (1974)
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Georges Delerue
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean Collomb
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jean-Loup DabadieWriter
- Claude PinoteauWriter
- Original title
- La Gifle
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 23, 1974
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- Italy, France
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Cast
Lino VenturaJean Douléan
Annie GirardotHélène Douléan
Isabelle AdjaniIsabelle Douléan
Nicole CourcelMadeleine
Francis PerrinMarc Morillon
Jacques SpiesserRémy Abeillé
Michel AumontCharvin
Robert HardyRobert Dickinson
Nathalie BayeChristine Abeillé
Xavier GélinXavier
Georges WilsonPierre
Annick AlaneJean's housekeeper
Paul BiscigliaWaiter
Robert DalbanCaretaker of the school
Francis LemaireInspector
Jacques MauryRabal
Janine SouchonDriving instructor
Richard BerryStudent (uncredited)
Élie ChouraquiStudent (uncredited)
André DussollierSoccer player (uncredited)
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