La Carapate

La Carapate
Directed by Gérard Oury
Written by Gérard Oury
Danièle Thompson
Starring Pierre Richard
Victor Lanoux
Music by Philippe-Gérard
Distributed by Alain Poiré
Release dates
11 October 1978 (France)
Running time
105 minutes
Country France
Language French

La Carapate is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury.

Plot

In May 1968, Jean-Philippe Duroc, a lawyer accused of ultra-leftism, visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that moment, a mutiny happens inside the prison. Gaulard takes the opportunity and, stealing the clothes of his lawyer, achieves to escape. The police is convinced that Duroc has contributed at the evasion and the two men are wanted by all the police stations of France.

Cast

Release

The film was released 10 years after the May 1968 events in France.

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