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7.9/10   1,204 votes
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Director:
Claude Lelouch
Writer:
Claude Lelouch (writer)
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Genre:
Short | Action | Romance more
Plot:
A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris. | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Technically brilliant piece of trickery which convinces me. more (31 total)

Cast

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Claude Lelouch ... L'homme (uncredited)
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Directed by
Claude Lelouch 
 
Writing credits
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Claude Lelouch  writer

Cinematography by
Jacques Lefrançois 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elie Chouraqui .... assistant director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rendezvous (USA) (informal title)
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Runtime:
9 min
Country:
France
Language:
None
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Avenue Foch, Paris 16, Paris, France more
Company:
Les Films 13 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The route taken in the film is 10.42 km long (6.48 mi). It takes the driver 7:57 to cover that distance, giving him an average speed of 78.64 km/h (48.86 mph). more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Technically brilliant piece of trickery which convinces me., 2 November 2004
10/10
Author: John (opsbooks) from Blue Mountains, Australia

On second and subsequent viewings Lelouch's famous blast through Paris throws up more questions than even the reviewers here have come up with. It's obvious by the time taken to reach landmarks that the camera vehicle never exceeds the magic 100mph. Having experienced a similar drive through the streets of Sydney back in the 1960s (in a then just released Mini Cooper S) I know how fast one seems to be traveling when close to road level.

The speed or lack of it isn't the point of the film, though. It's the combination of Paris circa 1976 and the masterful soundtrack which to my way of thinking wasn't dubbed as some would have you believe. The exhaust note and a few missed gear changes seem to indicate that all is on the up and up; the Ferrari has such a torquey engine that it would have been possible to carry out the drive in top gear. Only in a few spots does the engine really rev high and it's always in the lower gears.

Rather than look for faults, better to just sit back and be treated to the best 9 minutes combination of sight and sound you may ever experience.

What I'd like to know, though, are there other films of this nature around?

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