Masques

Masques

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

1987•1h 40m•6.7/10

ThrillerMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(68)

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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Production

Films A2, MK2 Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Christian Legagneur

Robin Renucci

Robin Renucci

Roland Wolf

Bernadette Lafont

Bernadette Lafont

La Masseuse

Monique Chaumette

Monique Chaumette

Colette

Anne Brochet

Anne Brochet

Catherine

Roger Dumas

Roger Dumas

Manu

Pierre-François Dumeniaud

Pierre-François Dumeniaud

Max

Pierre Nougaro

Pierre Nougaro

Gustave

Renée Dennsy

Renée Dennsy

Émilie

Yvonne Décade

Antoinette

Blanche Ariel

Blanche Ariel

Rosette

René Marjac

Maurice

Paul Vally

Henry

Denise Pezzani

Mme Lemonier

Pierre Hisch

Mr Loury

Michel Dupuy

L'Assistant

Henri Attal

Henri Attal

Le Surveillant

Dominique Zardi

Dominique Zardi

Totor

François Lafont

L'Homme à la Blouse

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