Stan the Flasher

Story

Synopsis

Claude Berri, who usually participates in films by directing them, here returns to the screen as Stan, an over-the-hill lothario, much given to quoting Shakespeare, who occasionally goes around naked under his raincoat and exposes himself to strangers, who are usually not interested in his primitive display of genitalia. It also appears that he is unable to sexually satisfy his much younger lover, and he suspects her of having another boyfriend. He earns his living tutoring students (mostly young girls) in English literature. When, in his frustration, he gropes one of the girls in her home during a tutoring session, she protests, her father (who is at home) beats him up, and he is sentenced to a jail term. There, he is teamed up with a slightly loopy murderer. When he gets out of jail, he finds his girlfriend has left for good, and ends his life.

Director

Serge Gainsbourg

Writers

Serge Gainsbourg

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

7 March 1990

Ensemble

Cast

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  Claude Berri

  Stan Goldberg

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  Aurore Clément

  Aurore

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  Élodie Bouchez

  Natacha

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  Richard Bohringer

  David

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  Michel Robin

  Le détenu

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  Daniel Duval

  Le père de Natacha

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  Serge Gainsbourg

  Un ami de David (uncredited)