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Janis and John

Janis and John

20036.01h 45m

Overview

Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".

Directed by Samuel Benchetrit
Written by Samuel Benchetrit, Gábor Rassov
Produced by Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
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Top Cast

Sergi López

Sergi López

Pablo Sterni

Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant

Brigitte Sterni

François Cluzet

François Cluzet

Walter Kingkate

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert

Leon

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Monsieur Cannon

Amparo Soler Leal

Amparo Soler Leal

La mère de Pablo

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Sacha Aubart

Jérémie Sterni

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Basile Leroux

Bobby

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Eric Hervé

Freddy

R

Reynald Tescaro

Miki

Themes & Keywords

impostorimpersonationfinancial crisisimpersonation fraudfinancial fraudconman

About Janis and John

Janis and John is a comedy film released in 2003 exploring themes of impostor, impersonation, financial crisis, impersonation fraud, financial fraud, conman. Directed by Samuel Benchetrit, it stars Sergi López, Marie Trintignant, François Cluzet. Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".

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