Masques

"France's master of stylish and witty suspense presents his delightfully dark and hauntingly humorous game of cat and mouse"

1987

1h 40m

6.7(68 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur--or is he?

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Cast & Crew

19 members

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Philippe Noiret

Christian Legagneur

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Robin Renucci

Roland Wolf

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Bernadette Lafont

La Masseuse

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Monique Chaumette

Colette

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Anne Brochet

Catherine

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Roger Dumas

Manu

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Pierre-François Dumeniaud

Max

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Pierre Nougaro

Gustave

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Renée Dennsy

Émilie

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Yvonne Décade

Antoinette

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Blanche Ariel

Rosette

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René Marjac

Maurice

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Paul Vally

Henry

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Denise Pezzani

Mme Lemonier

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Pierre Hisch

Mr Loury

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Directing

Michel Dupuy

L'Assistant

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Henri Attal

Le Surveillant

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Dominique Zardi

Totor

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François Lafont

L'Homme à la Blouse

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