Philippe Fourastié

He also assisted Claude Chabrol for Marie-Chantal against Doctor Kha, Jean-Luc Godard for Pierrot le fou and Jacques Rivette, on another film banned by censorship, Suzanne Simonin, the Nun of Diderot.

[1] The film tells the story of a cartoonist who goes adrift after the death of his wife, who crosses paths with arms dealers, beatniks, and gangsters in Tangier.

[2] Fourastié then developed various film projects, including with Maurice Frot a modern transposition of the life of Saint-François d'Assise with Léo Ferré in the lead role.

The officials of French television feared a priori that an analogy would be made between Mandrin and Gérard Nicoud, trade unionist of CIDUNATI, at the origin of movements of protests and demonstrations.

The cast includes Pierre Fabre in the lead role of the beloved robber, François Dyrek, as Manot la Jeunesse, Jean Martin, Armand Mestral, Malka Ribowska, and popular singer Monique Morelli, who plays the faithful Carline and also sings some complaints commenting on the action.