Animal (1977 film)

L'Animal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClaude Zidi
Written byMichel Audiard
Dominique Fabre
Claude Zidi
Produced byBernard Artigues
Christian Fechner
René Malor
StarringJean-Paul Belmondo
Raquel Welch
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byMonique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon
Music byVladimir Cosma
Distributed byCerito Films
Analysis Film Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • 5 October 1977 (1977-10-05)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget25 million francs[1]
Box office$7.1 million[2]

L'Animal is a 1977 French action comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch. It was distributed in the United States by Analysis Film Releasing Corp under the title Stuntwoman.

The film initially focuses on two professional stunt performers, who are engaged to each other. They get injured in a car stunt on their wedding day, and then break-up their relationship and their professional partnership. After a period of unemployment, the man of the couple is offered a high-salary job. He soon wants to convince his former fiancée to rejoin their partnership. He finds out that she is currently engaged to a nobleman, and desperately tries to regain her affection before her impending wedding day.

  1. ^ "L'Animal - Jean Paul Belmondo Box Office 1977". Box Office Story (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Animal (1977)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 December 2022.