Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles
1973 Comedy / Thriller
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Summary
The few remaining inhabitants of the rural village of Loubressac lament the decline of
their community. After making a desperate appeal for tourists to visit their area,
they are not entirely happy when a group of hippies lands on their doorstep. The
owner of a château allows the hippies to occupy land on her estate to annoy her
tenant, a crook named Gérard, who has just returned to the village. When
a man is found murdered, suspicion falls immediately on the hippies. However, four
of the villagers are convinced of their innocence and set about unmasking the real culprit…
Review
The hippy movement was almost a thing of the past by the time director Georges Lautner
came to make this film. Although primarily a parody thriller, of the kind that was
so successful for Lautner in the mid-1960s, Quelques
messieurs trop tranquilles is also a satire on hippy life and the parochial attitudes
of French country folk. The comedy thriller format looks distinctly tired compared
with Lautner’s earlier offerings, such as
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) and
Ne nous fâchons pas (1966), but there
are one or two memorable visual gags. In the midst of a generally lacklustre
cast there is at least one young actress with some promise – Miou-Miou, in one of her
first film appearances.
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