Vivement dimanche! (1983)

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

Charles Williams (novel) and
François Truffaut (writer) ...

Release Date:

10 August 1983 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place than Julien Vercel, an estate agent that...

Plot Keywords:

Secretary | Jealousy | Office | Ex Husband | Amateur Theater

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Fanny Ardant	...	Barbara Becker
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Julien Vercel
Jean-Pierre Kalfon	...	Massoulier (the priest)
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Maitre Clement
Philippe Morier-Genoud	...	Supt. Santelli
Xavier Saint-Macary	...	Bertrand Fabre
Jean-Louis Richard	...	Louison
Caroline Sihol	...	Marie-Christine Vercel
Castel Casti
Anik Belaubre	...	Paule Delbecq
Yann Dedet	...	Angel Face
Nicole Félix	...	The scarfaced whore
Georges Koulouris	...	Lablache
Pascale Pellegrin	...	Secretarial candidate
Roland Thénot	...	Jambreau

Also Known As:

Confidentially Yours (Australia) (USA)
Finally, Sunday
Äntligen söndag! (Sweden) [sv]
Auf Liebe und Tod (West Germany) [de]
Confidencialmente tuya (Argentina) [es]
De Repente Num Domingo (Brazil) [pt]
Finalmente domenica! (Italy) [it]
Finalmente, Domingo! (Portugal) [pt]
Goraca nadzieja (Poland) [pl]
Neseli pazar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Pitkä viikonloppu (Finland) [fi]
Vivamente el domingo (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:U | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Hyères, Var, France

Company:

Films A2

Trivia:

François Truffaut's final film and a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. Truffaut was an expert on Hitchcock and a great admirer of his work throughout his career.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the corpse is wheeled out of Vercel's residence, its eyes noticeably open and move.

Quotes:

Barbara Becker: It's really unfair. If a boss can fire me, why can't I fire him?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 8 femmes (2002)

Funny Homage To Hitch By Fan Boy Truffaut

Delightful, utterly charming homage to Alfred Hitchcock, and sadly, Truffaut's last movie. It is interesting that Truffaut ended his career the same way his idol (Hitch) did; not with a bang, but with an unpretentious, very funny movie (not unlike Hitch's "Family Plot", here Truffaut seems to be saying goodbye and thanks to his loyal fans). What a great thing is to see a talented filmmaker having a good-old-time! The film's mystery is very easy to guess, but the whole thing is done with a great desire to please the audience. The beautiful Fanny Ardant does her best Ingrid Bergman imitation and Jean-Louis Trintignant seems to mimicking Gregory Peck. Cinematographer Néstor Almendros sure knows how to remind us of Robert Burks and if I didn't know any better I would have said that the music was composed by Bernard Herrmann and not Georges Delerue. Truffaut was not as good as Hitch at hiding plot holes, but who cares, this is a wonderful tribute to the master of suspense, and a reminder of the days when great directors knew how to have fun.