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Citroën 2CV - 2CV in movies

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The 2CV made several appearances in Louis de Funès's movies. In the opening scene of Le Corniaud a 2CV driven by Bourvil is totally destroyed in a collision with a Rolls-Royce driven by Louis de Funès. Les Amants (The Lovers)(1958)starring Jeanne Moreau, probably has more 2CV scenes than any other film. Some of the dialogue actually takes place in a 2CV whilst being driven. The film ends with the lovers escaping in a 2CV. In Zazie dans le métro (1960)with Catherine Demongeot and Philippe Noiret, many 2CVs can be seen in a traffic jam in the ...

Citroën 2CV: Encyclopedia II - Citroën 2CV - 2CV in movies

Citroën 2CV - 2CV in movies

The 2CV made several appearances in Louis de Funès's movies. In the opening scene of Le Corniaud a 2CV driven by Bourvil is totally destroyed in a collision with a Rolls-Royce driven by Louis de Funès.

Les Amants (The Lovers)(1958)starring Jeanne Moreau, probably has more 2CV scenes than any other film. Some of the dialogue actually takes place in a 2CV whilst being driven. The film ends with the lovers escaping in a 2CV.

In Zazie dans le métro (1960)with Catherine Demongeot and Philippe Noiret, many 2CVs can be seen in a traffic jam in the middle of Paris during a strike on the Metro.

In Blake Edwards's Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Inspector Clouseau has a 2CV which he refers to as "The Silver Hornet".

In the 1979 Japanese animated movie The Castle of Cagliostro, a 2CV is shown during in the film's first chase scene. It is driven by Clarisse, the movie's heroine, who is being pursued by goons working for an evil count intent on marrying her. The Citroën 2CV also happened to be the first car owned by the film's director, famed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. That same year the 2CV makes also a short appearance in Apocalypse Now. During the famous scene of the attack by the Air Cavalry to the strains of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries a 2CV is rocketed while crossing a bridge.

In 1981, a 2CV fitted with the Flat-4 engine from a Citroën GS starred in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. Citroën issued a special series of "2CV James Bond" models fitted with the standard flat-2 engine, painted in yellow with 007 on the front doors and fake bullet holes.

In 2003, some 2CV Charleston and many Citroën HY and other old Citroën cars have pursuit in the animated movie Les Triplettes de Belleville by Sylvain Chomet. It has got acknowledgment in Cannes film festival. Set in the 1950s France during the Tour de France.