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Johan

Country: France, Language: French, 90 mins

  • Director: Philippe Vallois
  • Writer: Laurent Olivier; Philippe Vallois

CGiii Comment

In Britain, Jarman did Sebastiane...in France, Vallois did this...as comparison pieces, they are worlds apart.

In Britain, for the censors to pass male frontal nudity...it had to be artful.

In France...well...

Fisting?!? Artful?!?

Art-house gone too far.


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The(ir) Blurb...

While Philipe waits for Johan to come out of jail he starts recreating several moments of their relationship with the help of several friends during the summer of 1975.

Cast & Characters

Marie-Christine Weill as Christine - L'amie du réalisateur;
Patrice Pascal as Philippe #1, le dragueur de nuit / L'image du réalisateur;
Philippe Vallois as Himself / Lui-même;
Laurent Laclos as Himself;
Georges Barber as Philippe #2 - le dragueur de jour / L'image du réalisateur;
Jean-Lou Duc as Le sadique;
Karl Forest as Le légionnaire;
Pierre Commoy as Pierre;
Manolo Rosales as Manolo;
Alexandre Grecq as Yvan Schneider;
Nicole Rondy as La mère de Philippe Vallois;
Éric Guadagnan as Johan #1;
Walter Manley as Walter - le patissier noir américain;
Jacques Léon as La Callas;
Thierry Loret