Public Telephone

Name: Public Telephone
Released: 1980-05-24
Rating: 6.7

6.7/10 (13)

·1980· 100 min

Director: Jean-Marie Périer

Téléphone is a great success story in French rock: 300,000 albums sold in 1979. The group was born on December 16, 1976, at a surprise concert at the American Center in Paris. Four instrumentalists, four self-taught, four musicians untroubled by the successive waves of fashions from across the Atlantic and the Channel: Jean-Louis Aubert, singer and songwriter; Louis Bertignac, guitarist; Richard Kolinka, drummer; Corinne Marienneau, bassist. From titles: “Métro c'est trop”, “La bombe humaine”, “Crache ton venin”... Portraits and interviews, trances and crowd-pleasers at the Palais des Sports and the Fete de l'Humanité, a look behind the scenes. Jean-Marie Périer, with seven cameras in hand, now captures the phenomenon in a feature-length film. Camera movements, editing on a giant triple screen and Dolby Stereo sound all serve to highlight the quartet's harmony and vitality.

Cast

Jean-Louis Aubert

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Corine Marienneau

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Richard Kolinka

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Louis Bertignac

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In brief

Public Telephone (1980) is a music, documentary film. With an average rating of 6.7/10 from 13 votes, it's a solidly rated pick. The film runs 1h 40min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Public Telephone runs 100 minutes (1h 40min).

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Public Telephone has an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 13 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Public Telephone was released in 1980.