President Bens’ daughter has disappeared somewhere in South America. Campana, a private detective, comes back empty handed from an extensive search of the continent. There is only one thing left for Bens to do: send François Perrin, a man as jinxed as his daughter, to find her! So the unlikely pair starts off on their mission.
STARRING
Pierre Richard
Gérard Depardieu
Corinne Charbit
Michel Robin
André Valardy
Michel Fortin
Pulcher Castan
Pedro Armendariz Junior
Majorie Godin
Jean-Louis Fortuit
Jorge Luke
Jacqueline Noëlle
WRITER
Francis Veber
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Alex Phillips
SOUND
Bernard Rochut
MUSIC
Vladimir Cosma
FILM EDITING
Albert Jurgenson
PRODUCTION
Gaumont
DISTRIBUTION
Gaumont
Francis Veber
Francis Veber is a French director, screenwriter and playwright born in 1937. He firsts started writing in the 60s for the radio and TV, then for the stage, notably the play L’Enlèvement (1968), which became the same year a film for which he wrote the script : Appelez-moi Mathilde. He found success with writing the scripts for Il était une fois un flic (1972) and L’Emmerdeur (1973) and started a long career as screenwriter. He directed his first film, Le Jouet, in 1976, with famous actor Pierre Richard. Francis Veber moved in the 80s to the USA, where he worked as a script doctor for Disney and directed two films there which have marked him as a bad experience. He started writing again and came back to directing French productions, among which the very successful Le Dîner de Cons (1998), and started adapting his own films into plays. Veber is well known for his burlesque comedies and for being the writer of widely successful films.
FILMOGRAPHY
1976: Le jouet
1983: Les compères
1986: Les fugitifs
1989: Three fugitives
1992: Out on a Limb
1996: Le jaguar
1998: Le dîner de cons
2001: Le placard
2003: Tais-toi!
2006: La doublure
2008: L’emmerdeur