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Drummer-Crab is a french film of genre Drama directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Jean Rochefort

Drummer-Crab (1977)

Le Crabe-tambour

Drummer-Crab
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Le Crabe-tambour (Drummer-Crab) is a 1977 film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer based on the novel he published in 1976. The title character played by Jacques Perrin is based on the famous French Navy officer Pierre Guillaume.

Synopsis

Atteint d'un cancer du poumon, un officier de la marine nationale française se voit confier un ultime commandement après l'avoir expressément réclamé, celui de l'escorteur d'escadre Jauréguiberry dont c'est également la dernière mission avant son désarmement. Il est chargé de l'assistance et de la surveillance de la grande pêche sur les bancs de Terre-Neuve. Le commandant mène aussi une quête personnelle, enracinée dans les guerres coloniales françaises depuis un évènement sur le Mékong en 1948 : croiser une dernière fois un homme qu'il a connu, devenu patron d'un chalutier. Le déroulement du film révèle qu'il avait donné sa parole à cet homme, parole qu'il n'avait pas pu tenir en raison de divers événements politiques. On peut supposer que, durant toute sa vie qui maintenant s'achève, il a souffert de ce manquement.

Actors

Jean Rochefort

(Captain, le Commandant)
Jacques Perrin

(Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou")
Claude Rich

(Pierre, le médecin-major)
Jacques Dufilho

(Chef mécanicien)
Aurore Clément

(Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
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