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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Country: Canada, Language: English, 98 mins

  • Director: Denis Héroux
  • Writer: Eric Blau
  • Producer: Denis Héroux; Eugène Lépicier

CGiii Comment

First...you have got to like Brel's songs.

Second...you have to like the eccentricities of cheap arty 70s film-making.

Third - there is no third because this is just bad.

Buy a Brel recording and appreciate his talent rather than suffer through this contrived, amateurish piffle.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Jacques Brel Is Alive, etc. once toured American and European theatres. The show is comprised of 35 songs written by the famous travelling troubedor Jacques Brell (who also stars in the film version). The film centers on various aspects of life (love, marriage, death, war, etc.).

Cast & Characters

Elly Stone as Lady With Shopping Bag;
Mort Shuman as Taxi Driver;
Joe Masiell as Marine;
Jacques Brel as Himself;
Annick Berger;
Moni Yakin;
Bernard Lafontaine;
France Lombard;
Sophie Heroux;
Nico Sirakos;
Jean Schianno;
Rene Quivrin;
Paule Tanneur;
Martial;
Jean Neny