Un bruit qui rend fou | |
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Directed by | Dimitri de Clercq (Credited as Dimitri Duclerq). |
Written by | Alain Robbe-Grillet (Scenario and dialogue). |
Produced by | Jaques de Clercq Domenique Fobe Gerard Ruey Jerome Paillard Stephen Beckner Jaqueline Pierreux |
Starring | Fred Ward Arielle Dombasle Sandrine Le Berre Charles Tordjman Dimitris Poulikakos Michalis Maniatis Christian Maillet |
Distributed by | Nomad Films |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | 2,700,000 BEF (= 600,000 $) |
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