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Katmandu (1969)
Director: André Cayatte
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Renaud Verley, Pascale Audret
Runtime100 min
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A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's forced to steal artefacts for his father's slimy employer to earn money to help Jane.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Katmandu (1969), directed by André Cayatte, is a crime drama that follows a rebellious man who travels to Nepal to help a drug-addicted hippie girl. While there is little available information about the film's critical reception, its subject matter and ambiguous public ratings suggest it was likely a divisive or underappreciated work.
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Fans of brooding French crime dramas and the charismatic star Serge Gainsbourg will be captivated by director André Cayatte's 1969 film Katmandu, which blends social commentary with a romantic narrative about a man who gets entangled in a criminal scheme while trying to help a drug-addicted woman.
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The Pleasure Pit is a 1969 French-Italian crime-drama film written and directed by André Cayatte. The screenplay for the film was written by René Barjavel, who later adapted it into a novel titled Les Chemins de Katmandou.
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