If Thierry Lhermitt will undoubtedly remain in the public eye first and foremost as one of the emblematic members of the Splendid group, along with his friends Gérard Junot, Christian Clavier (with whom he toured the most), Josiane Balasco, Marie-Anne Chazelle, and the late Michel Blanc, he also enjoyed other popular successes on the big screen throughout his career.
We can cite, for example, his duet with Philippe Noiret for the three films of Claude Zide’s Ripoux saga. He played a young provincial police officer, François Lesboux, newly arrived in Paris, who disrupts the daily life of Inspector Boisron, using much less conventional methods than his new young teammate, who is too zealous for his taste.
In 1998, another duo enjoyed enormous critical and public success, forming with Jacques Villeret for Le Dîner de cons by Francis Weber, who then adapted his play for the big screen. The film won three Césars (Best Actor for Jacques Villeret, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Daniel Prévost, Best Original Screenplay for Weber) and has so far collected almost ten million on French soil.
And we can add to that list Indian in the City, a film that was released just thirty years ago, on December 14, 1994, in which Thierry Lhermitt played the role of Stéphane Marchadot, a young man who travels to the Amazon to find his ex. A woman to get him to sign a divorce certificate, and who then discovers that he is the father of a young Mimi-Siku who has only one dream: to discover Paris.
This anniversary has prompted us to offer you a quiz on Thierry Lhermite to identify ten of his films. Do you think you can overcome 10/10?
Source: Allocine
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