Far West

Far West

1973•1h 30m•6.5/10

WesternComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(10)

This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throughout western American cities and towns and finds others similarly dressed. These idealists gather together and build an old-western-style town in the middle of an abandoned factory, battling local bureaucracies in the process.

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Production

Les Films 13, International Film Company (IFC)

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel

Jacques

Gabriel Jabbour

Gabriel Jabbour

Gabriel

Danièle Evenou

Danièle Evenou

Danièle

Véronique Mucret

Véro

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Indian chief

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Prisoner

Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

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