Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Christian Clavier | ... | Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacquard | |
Jean Reno | ... | Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail | |
Valérie Lemercier | ... | Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail | |
Marie-Anne Chazel | ... | Ginette la clocharde | |
Christian Bujeau | ... | Jean-Pierre | |
Isabelle Nanty | ... | Fabienne Morlot | |
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Gérard Séty | ... | Edgar Bernay |
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Didier Pain | ... | Louis VI le Gros |
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Jean-Paul Muel | ... | Marechal des Logis Gibon |
Arielle Sémenoff | ... | Jacqueline (as Ariel Séménoff) | |
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Michel Peyrelon | ... | Edouard Bernay |
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Pierre Vial | ... | Wizard Eusebius / Monsieur Ferdinand |
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François Lalande | ... | Priest |
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Didier Bénureau | ... | Intern Beauvin |
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Frédéric Baptiste | ... | Freddy |
A medieval nobleman and his squire are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. He enlists the aid of his descendent to try to find a way to return home, all the while trying to cope with the cultural and technological changes distinguishing his time from ours. Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
Looking at some of the other comments, not everyone is in agreement here, but I have really liked "Les Visiteurs". The original is so good, its a pity they had to spoil with the Americanized version - 'Just Visiting' - which is at best an insult on the intelligence of the American viewing public.
For us that do not understand French, they have done a tremendous job with the English subtitles (translating a kind of 'medieval' French into a comparable type of old English modern swearwords included). In fact, the job is so well done, that we had a lot of laughs just by comparing the film's verbal antics to the translation. Even though I do not speak French myself, it is quite clear that a lot of effort had gone into this. Sometimes the conversations are fast and furious, so it's worthwhile to see the movie a second time. Even on the second pass, there was a lot to laugh at.
This is meant to be slapstick and the story is a total farce, so it's hard to see why some viewers apparently expected more. I thought it was well done, and very well executed. Even though this whole thing is intended as a joke, the reactions of the medieval guys are quite believable.
The movie is a blast!