La chèvre (1981)

Director:

Francis Veber

Writer:

Francis Veber (writer)

Release Date:

26 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

A dedicated private eye searches for a businessman's daughter in Mexico, but the case is complicated...

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Acapulco Mexico | Lost In Jungle | Memory Loss | Buddy

Cast

Pierre Richard	...	François Perrin
Gérard Depardieu	...	Campana
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	The Captain
Corynne Charbit	...	Marie Bens
Maritza Olivares
André Valardy	...	Meyer
Jorge Luke	...	Arbal
Sergio Calderón	...	Prisoner
Michel Robin	...	Alexandre Bens
Robert Dalban	...	Le technicien
Jacqueline Noëlle
Michel Fortin	...	Le type a Orly
Marjorie Godin
Jean-Louis Fortuit
Pulcher Castan

Also Known As:

Knock on Wood
Mas locos que una cabra (Mexico)
The Goat

Runtime:

France:95 min | USA:91 min

Country:

France | Mexico

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Company:

Conacite Uno

Trivia:

There are two German dubbed versions for this film. The reason for this is that the original dubbing (supervised by Rainer Brandt) which was used for the theatrical showing of the movie was drastically different from the original version in terms of humor and vulgarity, so that the German TV ordered a new language track for the TV premiere of the movie which resembles the language and atmosphere of the original version of the movie much closer.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There no gorillas in South America.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Pure Luck (1991)

cute silly little comedy

Although the video box described the pairing in this movie as reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy, I think this is greatly overstating things. However, it is still a very good movie and worth your time.

The story concerns the abduction of a VERY unlucky girl and the investigation into her disappearance. Gérard Depardieu is a competent kick-butt detective that is unable to find her after searching 42 days. Then a psychologist suggests to her rich father that they are going about searching in the wrong way--to find such an unlucky girl they should use a man equally as unlucky as they are bound to be drawn to each other! Silly as it may seem, this strategy seems to have something going for it, but Depardieu feels quite miffed that this boob, Pierre Richard, keeps blindly stumbling into important clues.

While this is not the funniest movie, it certainly does offer quite a few laughs. When I find myself laughing out loud, I know it must be a pretty good comedy!

FYI--I probably SHOULD take off another point from the score, as the movie had two stupid moments: in the jungle in Mexico, our heroes encounter a gorilla AND a cobra--this isn't even the right continent for either!!