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Les Bidasses en folie
1971 Comedy / War
Review
After their success of their first film, La Grande
java(1969), the musical quintet known as The Charlots bounced back with more of
the same – madcap slapstick and hippy antics revolving around a meagre plot.
Whilst some of the jokes are painfully laboured and a little predictable, many are truly
inventive and very funny. What the film lacks in pacing, narrative cohesion and
credible characterisation, it makes up with its manic sense of fun and a few hilarious
set piece jokes. The film also marked the directorial debut of Claude Zidi, who
would have a prolific career as a director of popular French comedies over the following
two decades.
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Director:
Claude Zidi
Starring: Jean-Guy Fechner, Gérard Filipelli, Luis Rego, Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus Synopsis
Five friends – Jean-Guy, Phil, Gérard, Luis and Jean – are united by
a single passion, to form a rock band. First they need money to buy the musical
instruments, so they set about getting work. This proves to be a disaster, but the
boys persevere, and with a little help from a friend, Crème, they win a talent
contest. This promising start to their career is cut short when they are summoned
to an army base to begin their military service. Thus begins a harrowing and unforgettable
ordeal… for poor Sergeant Bellec.
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