La Chèvre (English title: Knock on Wood, literal translation: The She-goat) is a 1981 French buddy cop comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu. It is the first of three films featuring Richard and Depardieu as a comic duo. An American remake of this film was made in 1991, starring Martin Short and Danny Glover, entitled Pure Luck. Plot[edit]La Chèvre features Depardieu as the tough-guy private detective Campana, hired to find Marie, the daughter of a rich businessman, who has mysteriously disappeared while vacationing in Mexico. The case turns out to be complicated – several attempts to find her have already failed. A psychologist, Meyer, who works for the businessman, suggests a plan. Marie is known to be extremely unlucky and accident-prone; the psychologist advises sending someone equally accident-prone to find her, on the theory that what happened to her may also happen to him, and thus, following her steps while the detective tags along, the daughter can be found and returned home. Richard's character Perrin is an awkward, accident-prone accountant who works for the businessman, and is chosen to implement the scheme. The adventures of those serious detective and unlucky guy begins... Cast[edit]
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The movie is sadly infamous in Italy for an Cinema Statuto fire in a cinema in Turin in which it was projected, killing 64 people. Reception[edit]The film received favorable reviews, with praise for Richard and Depardieu's performances, story and humour. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of 1985 by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1] References[edit]
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Comment s'appelle Pierre Richard dans le film la chèvre ?Son enquête étant au point mort Il est alors contraint de faire équipe avec François perrin ( Pierre Richard ) un comptable très malchanceux auquel il arrive que des bricoles . François perrin est aussi ... Alain D.
Pourquoi le film s'appelle la chèvre ?Car une vraie chèvre dans La Chèvre, il n'y en a point ! "La Chèvre, c'est en général l'appât. Ce qu'on accroche, pour un chasseur, à un arbre, par exemple pour attirer le fauve, le lion ou le loup", déclarait le réalisateur Francis Veber durant la promotion du film en 1981, dans des archives dévoilées par l'INA.
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Qui est la petite Jeanne dans les fugitifs ?Anaïs Bret incarne Jeanne Pignon, la fille de François. Discrète et pleine de tendresse, son apparition sur grand écran ne passe pas inaperçue auprès de nombreuses générations de spectateurs. Après le succès retentissant du film, elle tourne dans un court métrage en 1988, Un Arbre de Noël pour deux.
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