The Nonentity (Le paltoquet) 38 years old

Each evening, four men – a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant – meet up in a deserted bar to play cards. As they play, the bar’s owner, her downtrodden barman (nicknamed “le paltoquet”) and a strange woman in white watch from a distance. One night, the card game is disturbed when a police inspector suddenly appears and declares that a dead body has been found nearby. Certain that one of the four men is the murderer, the inspector starts his investigation. All the evidence suggests that the doctor did the deed, but we soon learn that nothing is quite what it seems…

Credits

Fanny Ardant as Mlle Lotte

Jeanne Moreau as Barbesitzerin

Daniel Auteuil as le journaliste

Michel Piccoli as der Tölpel

Richard Bohringer as le docteur

Jean Yanne as Kommissar

The Nonentity Cast

Name	Character
Fanny Ardant She was 37, now 75 years old	as Mlle Lotte
Jeanne Moreau She was 58, 89 years old when she died	as Barbesitzerin
Daniel Auteuil He was 36, now 74 years old	as le journaliste
Michel Piccoli He was 60, now 98 years old	as der Tölpel
Richard Bohringer He was 44, now 82 years old	as le docteur
Jean Yanne He was 53, 69 years old when he died	as Kommissar
Philippe Léotard He was 45, 60 years old when he died	as Kaufmann
Claude Piéplu He was 63, 82 years old when he died	as Professor

The Nonentity Crew

Name	Department
Michel Deville as Director. He was 55 (now 93) years old	Directing

The Nonentity (38 years)

Release day: Wednesday, August 13, 1986
Runtime: 92 minutes