Uranus (film)

For other uses, see Uranus (disambiguation).

Uranus is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists.

Uranus
Directed by	Claude Berri Arlette Langmann
Written by	Claude Berri Arlette Langmann based on a novel by Marcel Aymé
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Michel Blanc Jean-Pierre Marielle
Cinematography	Renato Berta
Edited by	Hervé de Luze
Music by	Jean-Claude Petit
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	12 December 1990 (1990-12-12)
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$19.1 million[1]

It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

• Michel Blanc as Gaigneux
• Gérard Depardieu as Léopold Lajeunesse
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Archambaud
• Philippe Noiret as Watrin
• Gérard Desarthe as Maxime Loin
• Michel Galabru as Monglat
• Danièle Lebrun as Mrs. Archambaud
• Fabrice Luchini as Jourdan
• Daniel Prévost as Rochard
• Myriam Boyer as Mrs. Gaigneux
• Ticky Holgado as Mégrin, lawyer
• Vincent Grass as Ledieu
• Florence Darel as Miss Archambaud
• Yves Afonso as the brigadier
• Josiane Lévêque as Andréa Lajeunesse

Reception

The film opened at number one at the Paris box office with a first week gross of 4.9 million Franc ($1 million) from 48 screens.^[3]