La Chèvre [Blu-ray]

Director: Francis Veber Francis Veber

Overview

One the best, most serious detectives in France (G?rard Depardieu) is teamed up with a luckless stumble-bum (Pierre Richard) and sent off to Central America to search for the klutzy daughter of a powerful magnate in this fast-paced and funny French farce.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2023
UPC:	0738329263164
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	7,959

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gérard Depardieu	Campana
Pierre Richard	Perrin
Corynne Charbit	Marie
Michel Robin	Mr. Bens
Pedro Armendariz Jr.	Custao
Pedro Armendáriz	Actor
André Valardy	Meyer
Pedro Armendariz, Jr.	Custao
Jorge Luke	Actor
Sergio Calderón	Actor
Robert Dalban	Actor
Michel Fortin	Actor
Jean-Louis Fortuit	Actor
Jacqueline Noelle	Actor
Vladimir Cosma	Composer

Technical Credits

Francis Veber

Francis Veber	Director,Screenwriter
Alain Poire	Producer
Alain Guille	Special Effects
Jacques Martin	Special Effects
Leon Ortega	Special Effects
Bernard Rochut	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Those looking for a comedy of significance, one that has something important to say beneath its jokey exterior, will need to avoid La Chèvre, but those who simply want an uproariously good time should go out of their way to find this delightful French farce. In some ways, La Chèvre is the kind of film that defies analysis; it's a high-concept film from the word go, the kind of film that either works or doesn't. La Chèvre works, and works beautifully, with all its pieces meshing together like a well-oiled machine. Certainly, Francis Veber's screenplay deserves a great deal of credit, for it takes the simple basic premise and finds endless variations, and Veber's astute comic direction manages to ensure that those variations build upon each other, rather than wearing each other out. He's enormously helped by his leading men, of course. Pierre Richard's contributions are obvious; he has impeccable comic timing and is a thorough expert at the kind of physical comedy that is demanded in La Chèvre. He also perfectly captures the character's egotism, keeping it real but also managing to make it endearing. Co-star Gérard Depardieu is his match every step of the way, even though his part by necessity relegates him to frequent straight-man status. Nevertheless, Depardieu provides the perfect counterpoint to Richard; without his reactions and frustration, Richard's antics would not score as heavily. Titanically inconsequential, La Chèvre is pure fun.