La Chevre

Starring:Pierre Richard, GÃ©rard Depardieu, Pedro ArmendÃ¡riz Jr., Corynne Charbit, Maritza Olivares, AndrÃ© Valardy, Jorge Luke, Sergio CalderÃ³n, Michel Robin, Jacqueline NoÃ«lle, Marjorie Godin, Carmelina Encinas, Abel Casillas, Jorge Russek, Silvia ManrÃquez, Robert Dalban, Andaluz Russell, Jean-Louis Fortuit, Rodrigo Puebla, Pulcher Castan
Director: Francis Veber
Studio: Kino Video
Product Type: DVD

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"He looks normal enough."
Idiot's delight
Just to have fun
Original Aspect Ratio?
Fun and Action French Style

La Chevre
Starring: Pierre Richard , Gérard Depardieu , Pedro Armendáriz Jr. , Corynne Charbit , and Maritza Olivares
Director: Francis Veber
Manufacturer: Kino Video
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ASIN: B0000897B7
Release Date: 2003-03-04

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"He looks normal enough.".......2007-02-26

When Marie Bens (Corynne Charbit) the accident-prone daughter of a wealthy French businessman goes missing while on holiday in Mexico, her father Alexandre Bens (Michel Robin) employs detective Campana (Gerard Depardieu) to find her. But six weeks later, it seems that she's disappeared without a trace. And that's when Bens' company psychologist comes up with the brilliant plan of teaming Campana with Francois Perrin (Pierre Richard), from the accounting department. The psychologist demonstrates that Perrin is also accident prone, and he reasons that since a series of bad-luck events led to Marie's disappearance, perhaps someone with the same history of bad luck will stumble upon some clues.

This is an "all-else-has-failed" approach, but it works with hilarious results. Campana, returns to Mexico with Perrin in tow. These two men have a completely different world-view, and while Campana begins the journey believing there's no such thing as bad luck, a few hours in Perrin's company changes his mind. Soon these two incredibly dissimilar men are juggling prostitutes, kidnappers, and the Mexican police in their relentless pursuit of Marie Bens.

"La Chevre" is written and directed by Francis Veber, and he used the highly successful teaming of Depardieu and Richard again in his later film "Les Comperes." Like most French comedies, a great deal of the humour focuses on farce and slapstick, and there are parts of the film that are laugh-out-loud funny. Campana's incredulous reactions to Perrin's idiocy are particularly funny, and this is a great--although understated--role for Depardieu. Campana finds Perrin irritating and annoying, and there are several points in the film when he tentatively tests the bad luck theory with hilarious results. The camera cleverly catches the subtle nuances of Campana's studied indifference that covers both his frustration and the gradual acceptance of the fact that Perrin does indeed have terrible luck. The French comedy "La Chevre" is preposterous, but that won't stop you from enjoying this silly, good-natured film. If you enjoy French comedy, and just want a good laugh, then I recommend "La Chevre." In French with English subtitles--displacedhuman

Idiot's delight.......2006-09-11

Remade less successfully as Pure Luck, the first of Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu's three teamings for writer-director Francis Veber, La Chevre is still the best of the bunch. Richard's the idiot accountant assigned to find a missing girl in South America simply because he's every bit as accident-prone as she is, while Depardieu's the worldly private eye who has to pretend to be working for him while really running the case and trying to keep him out of trouble. You can pretty much fill in the gaps from there, but that doesn't make it any less funny. Richard's pratfalls work not just because they're unsensationally directed rather than heavily telegraphed (one even takes place out of focus in the background) but because, like Clouseau, Richard's character doesn't know he's a clumsy idiot. In fact, he thinks he's the epitome of cool and control. But it's Depardieu who really makes the film, his underplayed exasperation and beautiful reaction shots easily the funniest thing in the film, especially as he realises with increasing fatalism that Richard's bad luck is starting to rub off.

Kino's DVD transfer suffers from being a standards conversion from PAL, which is acceptable but has some blurring not present on the Australian DVD (where the film is also available on a triple-disc set with Les Comperes and Les Fugitifs).

Just to have fun.......2005-12-05

It is a good movie, not a great one, but it still follows an original line. A CEO sends an employee -Pierre Richard -, to find his kidnapped daughter in Mexico. He has been advised to choose him because the employee has such a bad luck, as his daughter has, that he is forcefully going to fall in the same traps and, sooner or later, in the same place than her beloved child. Gerard Depardieu does not believe in such argument and has to make a team with the bad-luck guy. Together, they will made a great team. Hillarious, entertaining and fun !.

Original Aspect Ratio?.......2005-11-28

According to the film's IMDb entry, which has been updated and now appears to be accurate, the original aspect ratio (OAR) is 1.66:1 (5:3).

Kino's DVD is specified as having a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, which makes no sense.

An anamorphic transfer of a 1.66:1 film, when viewed on a 16:9 (1.77:1) widescreen TV, should be full height, and have narrow side-bars.

Can anyone comment on how the Kino DVD renders this film on a 16:9 TV?

Fun and Action French Style.......2005-09-29

Two incomperable French comedians join in an amusing and action-packed farce to make you feel how lucky it is to be unlucky. If you like light-hearted French comedy encased in an improbable but amusing plot then this movie is for you.

La Chèvre (Original French ONLY Version)

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La Chèvre (Original French ONLY Version)

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ASIN: B00081GMCQ

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A dedicated private eye searches for a businessman's daughter in Mexico, but the case is complicated by the amateur sleuthing of the client's accountant.

Knock on Wood (La Chèvre) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]

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Knock on Wood (La Chèvre) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Francis Veber
Manufacturer: Madman Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000II05GS

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Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: French (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SYNOPSIS: The film which brought director Francis Veber and comic duo Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu to fame, LA CHÈVRE introduces François, a man with seriously bad luck. When a businessman's daughter disappears in Mexico, François is sent to track her down. Why? She also has terrible luck and perhaps this shared trait might help to locate her. Assisted by private eye Campana (Depardieu), François' trail of destruction leads straight to hilarity. SPECIAL FEATURES: Trailer(s), Interactive Menu,

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