Serious as Pleasure

Jan 15, 1975

1h 36m

★ 3.6

Overview

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair in their own special, insouciant manner. They are followed by a suspicious policeman who thinks there's something fishy about this group..."

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Paris-Cannes Productions

Dovidis

ORTF

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Ariane Berg

Jane Birkin

Bruno

Richard Leduc

Le pêcheur (Buster Keaton)

Raymond Bussières

Patrice

Georges Mansart

Le "spécialiste" des jeux de cartes

Paul Demange

L'homme au restaurant

Hubert Deschamps

Le mercier

Marc Dudicourt

Martine Kelly

Une fille ramenée à la maison

Isabelle Huppert

L'inconnu du lac

Serge Gainsbourg

Inspecteur Fournier

Michael Lonsdale

Un homme sur la route

Jean-Luc Bideau

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