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Stan the Flasher

1990 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Stan the Flasher is a French film written and directed by Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1990.

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It was Gainsbourg's final film as a director and marked the screen debut of actress Élodie Bouchez.

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Plot

A former English teacher, now a perverse exhibitionist, struggles with marital difficulties and the despair of aging, haunted by the image of the young girls to whom he gives private lessons in an apartment "haunted" by the presence of his wife.

Cast

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Production

Filming locations

The film was shot at Parc Montsouris in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and at the Studios d'Arpajon.

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack was released the same year as a 7" single.

Release

The film was released theatrically on 3. 7. 1990, the day after its advance television broadcast on Canal+.[1]

Box office

In cinemas, the film drew a total of 43,178 admissions.[2]

Background

Serge Gainsbourg wrote the screenplay in just seven days while staying at the Hôtel Raphael in Paris.[3]

In a biography, Gainsbourg is quoted as saying: "Stan is misunderstood! He is rejected... He’s a man adrift. His boat is sinking. He doesn't know it yet, but he senses it. His last attempt, his final reflex, is a sexual deviation. A deviation born of impotence—and impotence stems from the brain, the heart, and poor vascular irrigation. Trique or not trique, that is the question."

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