Le folli avventure di Rabbi Jacob
Réalisation:
Gérard OuryPhotographie:
Henri DecaëMusique:
Vladimir CosmaActeurs·trices:
Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio, Claude Giraud, Renzo Montagnani, André Falcon, Henri Guybet, Popeck, Miou-Miou, Jacques François (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Victor Pivert, homme d’affaires irascible et foncièrement xénophobe, se rend à Paris pour le mariage de sa fille. Victime d’un accident de la route sans gravité, il entre dans une usine de chewing-gum pour trouver du secours. Là, il croise le chemin de dangereux terroristes qui s’apprêtent à éliminer un leader révolutionnaire nommé Slimane. Celui-ci parvient à s’échapper aux côtés de Victor Pivert. Les deux hommes gagnent l’aéroport d’Orly, bientôt suivis par leurs ravisseurs. Pour leur échapper, ils n’auront d’autre choix que de se déguiser en rabbins. Pivert est alors pris pour Rabbi Jacob, sommité new-yorkaise attendue en grande pompe par la communauté juive de la rue des Rosiers… (Carlotta Films)
(plus)Critiques (2)
One of the best Funes' films that has eluded me to this day. When I watch classic (not only) French comedies, I often marvel at the inventiveness of the writers, at the fact that in the past filmmakers really cared about making the audience roar with laughter, and to achieve this they invented the impossible - they didn't just rely on recycling gags they'd seen hundreds of times, as is the case today. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob is one of those films that has such a complicated plot that it's beautiful - a whirlwind of jokes, substitution replaces substitution, misunderstanding replaces misunderstanding, it's hard to guess what will happen in the next few minutes... And then there's Louis de F. at his best, doing such amazing things as fighting in a chewing gum shop, getting the attention of the cops at a gas station, dancing, slapping the bastards in the car... A perfect film. Moreover, with a pleasantly embedded anti-xenophobic message. I just keep wondering where the main character got that fake beard :)
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob starts as a gangster film, and then gradually turns into a crazy romp, full of disguises, mix-ups and generally humorous scenes, which made me laugh out loud more than once. The bubblegum factory sequence was brilliant, especially the call to the police. At times, the film, thanks to its multi-cultural atmosphere, reminded me of its ("slightly" politically incorrect) predecessor Serial (Bad) Weddings. The only thing that got on my nerves was the line about the wedding - otherwise I was satisfied.
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