Directed by:
Claude ZidiScreenplay:
Claude ZidiCinematography:
Jean-Jacques TarbèsComposer:
Vladimir CosmaCast:
Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Didier Kaminka, Marthe Villalonga, Zabou Breitman, Rachid Ferrache, James McDaniel, François Perrot, Jean-Marie Proslier (more)Plots(1)
Michel Bernardin works for Planète Assistance, an insurance company which instantly sends help to travellers no matter where in the world they may be. Michel is office bound, which suits him because he is terrified of flying. Ironically, his fiancée, Isabelle is an air hostess, although she has promised Michel she will give up her job since they are soon to be married. After upsetting his employer Michel finds himself in the front line, travelling all over the world to help distressed customers. Meanwhile, Isabelle is forced to continue flying until she works out her contract. The couple resort to an increasingly elaborate charade to conceal from one another what is happening. (Mongrel Media)
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How long has it been since you laughed so hard it made you cry? It hasn’t happened to me in a long time. But it actually happens to me quite often with French movies, which is quite strange. The filmmakers in the 1970’s and 1980’s had something that always manages to make me happy even 40 years later. Coluche portrays an insurance salesman who travels the world and experiences situation that I would never even think of even if I was tasked with writing the screenplay for the best comedy film ever and the producer was aiming his shotgun at me all the time. Coluche is an insurance salesman, an extremist and also a bit of a madman and neurotic. Thanks to that, scenes are created that I will be glad to watch again whenever I can. And that’s pretty much the best ad for a comedy, don’t you think?
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