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28 February 1974 (France)
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Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists. | Add synopsis »
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If Chinese Maoists took Paris...
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Cast
(in credits order) | Jean Yanne | ... | Régis Forneret |
| Nicole Calfan | ... | Stéphanie |
| Macha Méril | ... | Madeleine |
| Michel Serrault | ... | Grégoire Montclair |
| Kyôzô Nagatsuka | ... | Pou-Yen |
| Georges Wilson | ... | Lefranc |
| Jacques François | ... | Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert |
 | Fernand Ledoux | ... | Frugebelle |
| Paul Préboist | ... | Fonctionnaire / Civil servant |
| Daniel Prévost | ... | Fontanes |
| Bernard Blier | ... | Président de la République Française |
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| Régis Ander | ||
| Yves Barsacq | ... | Le général moustachu au bérêt rouge |
| Daniel Basset | ||
| Fernand Berset | ||
| Jean-Marie Bon | ||
| Michel Charrel | ||
| Michel Delahaye | ||
| Jean-Michel Desjeunes | ||
| Max Desrau | ||
| Bernard Duchemin | ||
| Robert Favart | ||
| André Gaillard | ||
| Jacques Galland | ||
| Irina Grjebina | ... | Entraîneur de pousse-pousse |
 | Raoul Guylad | ||
| Charles Kassapian | ||
| Georges Léon | ||
| Jean-Louis Maury | ||
| Paul Mercey | ... | Un résistant |
| Christian Noël | ||
| Jacques Provins | ||
| Lawrence Riesner | ... | Le conseiller du Président de la République |
| William Sabatier | ||
| Maurice Vamby | ... | Un résistant |
| Lionel Vitrant | ... | Un bagarreur |
| Teddy Vrignault | ||
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| Jean Yanne | |||
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| Robert Beauvais | novel "Les chinois arrivent" | |
| Robert Beauvais | screenplay | |
| Gérard Sire | ||
| Jean Yanne | ||
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| Jean-Pierre Rassam | .... | producer | |
| Jean Yanne | .... | producer | |
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| Michel Magne | |||
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| Jean Boffety | |||
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"Les chinois à Paris" - France (original title)
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USA:115 min | France:115 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Finland:(Banned) (1974) | Sweden:15
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Wild, sarcastic French comedy by the irrepressible director/writer/actor Jean Yanne about what would happen to Paris and Parisians if Chinese Maoists invaded France. This rebellious satire -- ideally to be seen on a double bill with Godard's "La Chinoise" -- makes fun of very delicate political matters. There are plenty of innuendos about French collaborationism during WWII, but then it's almost always true that any occupying forces in a foreign culture will eventually engage in corruption and shady businesses, while some of the invaded natives will always find a way of profiting from the status quo. The subject is common to every invasion/ domination ever taken place (including right now you know where).
Wonderful cast, acid script and quick-tempered dialog are highlights in this irregular but imaginative film by Yanne, the man who made fun of Ceasar & Cleopatra on "Deux Heures moins le Quart avant Jésus Christ" (1972), the French Revolution in "Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute" (1975) and French TV industry in "Je te Tiens, Tu Me Tiens par la Barbichette" (1979). There are many memorable scenes; I particularly enjoyed the new "version" of Bizet's Carmen by Chinese opera singers, a riot!!!