Patrice Leconte is categorical: he has never acted in any of his films. This does not prevent Wikipedia from asserting that in Tandem , on the screens in 1987, he "appears in the role of an unfortunate candidate without being credited in the credits" . Another internet mischief. “All because an extra vaguely resembles me ,” he says. This point of history being settled, we must retrace our steps in those of Jean Rochefort and Gérard Jugnot crisscrossing the depths of France aboard their Ford with a big antenna on the roof.
Every day, they present live “La Langue au chat”, a radio program inspired by the “Thousand Francs Game”. Lucien Jeunesse, the stainless host of France Inter, had taken it very badly. “Rochefort tried to communicate with him. There was no way. ” On screen, Michel Mortez has slicked back hair, wears burgundy velvet jackets and coats with fur collars. He is ridiculous and endearing, the type to greet a spectator of a "dear little one. "
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