Blast from the Past: Belmondo Revisited
Philippe de Broca directed Incorrigible (L’Incorrigible), a charming French comedy-adventure, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold and Capucine.
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Well cast in a typical role, Belmondo plays Victor Vauthier, a lovable rogue and mythomaniac who refuses to give up his ways. When he leaves prison, it causes sadness to his guards, who had come to like him during his three-month imprisonment.
Upon release, he immediately pulls off a series of thefts and frauds.
Victor has to report to his parole officer, Marie-Charlotte Pontalec (Bujold), and quite predictably, the duo hit it off.
However, this bond does not prevent Victor, encouraged by his father figure uncle Camille, from trying to profit from his proximity to Marie-Charlotte in his scheme to steal a triptych by El Greco.
The painting is located in the Senlis Museum, where Marie-Charlotte’s father works as custodian, but outsmarting him, she figures out Victor’s plan.
Made at thepeak of Belmomdo’s internatiomnal stardom, Incorrigible was popular at the bx office, earning more than $19 million.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Victor Vauthier
Geneviève Bujold as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
Julien Guiomar as Camille
Charles Gérard as Raoul
Daniel Ceccaldi as Chief of Police
Capucine as Hélène
Andréa Ferréol as Tatiana Negulesco
Michel Beaune as Minister
Albert Simono as Monsieur Pontalec
Pascale Roberts as Adrienne
Maria Meriko as Madame Florinda
Dora Doll as Thérèse, barkeep
Anémone as Prostitute
Credits:
Directed by Philippe de Broca
Written by Michel Audiard, based on a novel by Alex Varoux
Produced by Alexandre Mnouchkine, Georges Dancigers
Cinematography Jean Penzer
Edited by Francoise Javet
Music by Georges Delerue
Distributed by C.C.F.C
Release date: 1975
Running time: 100 minutes
Box office $19.3 million
