![]() ![]() Louis de Funès I had discovered while watching Le Grand Restaurant, and I liked him so much, I was eager to watch other films of his. Just how someone (director/scenario writer Gérard Oury, and adaptation writers Marcel Julien and Danièle Thompson) could make such a hilarious romp out of something that could have been just an edge-of-the-seat adventure, says a lot for the importance of story and script in good cinema.Īnd, the acting. Even when you’re certain somebody must have died in that particular incident, the film takes just a moment to show you that no, all is well. ![]() ![]() As an example of how frothy this is: while there are guns aplenty, and much shooting etc happening, nobody ever dies. It’s pure escapist fun, an utter farce, even though it’s set in a time of war, of the Nazi occupation of France. This one, in my opinion, is the sort of film that’s tailor-made for people who’re struggling to stay sane through the pandemic. ![]()
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