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Johan

Johan

1976•1h 21m•5.8/10
Drama

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5.8/10(13)

Johan details the director's quest for an actor to play his titular lover, the real deal having been incarcerated just prior to shooting on charges of petty theft.

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Production

Vallois 2

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Éric Guadagnan

Johan #1

Ivan Roberto

Johan #2

Pierre Commoy

Pierre

Patrice Pascal

Philippe Vallois #1

Georges Barber

Philippe Vallois #2

Alexandre Grecq

Yvan Schneider

Marie-Christine Weill

Christine

Manolo Rosales

Manolo

Nicole Rondy

Phillipe's Mother

Jacques Léon

La Callas

Walter Manley

American Actor

Karl Forest

Karl Forest

Potential Philippe Vallois (The Legionnaire)

Jean-Lou Duc

The Sadist

Philippe Vallois

Philippe Vallois

Himself

Laurent Laclos

Himself

Philippe Dupeux

Thierry Loret

Jean Claude Vincent

René Marc Chaffardon

Gaston d'Angelis

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