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Un journaliste sans-le-sou se retrouve être le jouet du fils d'un patron. Se liant d'amitié avec un enfant turbulent, il essaie de le sauver du pouvoir cruel de son père.Un journaliste sans-le-sou se retrouve être le jouet du fils d'un patron. Se liant d'amitié avec un enfant turbulent, il essaie de le sauver du pouvoir cruel de son père.Un journaliste sans-le-sou se retrouve être le jouet du fils d'un patron. Se liant d'amitié avec un enfant turbulent, il essaie de le sauver du pouvoir cruel de son père.
- Prix
- 3 nominations au total
Éva Darlan
- L'attachée de presse
- (as Eva Darlan)
Avis en vedette
Enjoyed the movie in the '70s. Saw re-make recently which made me want to search for the original. The re-make focuses (no pun intended) too much on Richard Pryor. The lesson is largely lost. I would still like to track down a copy of an English sub-titled version of this movie.
It demonstrates in an original and at the same time very simple way that True Love is more important than all the money in the world. Tiny Fabrice Greco is brilliant in the role of the super-spoiled child, but who needs parental love more than anything. Grand Michel Bouquet, as usual, has a memorable role. "Big Blonde" Pierre Richard, is very good. Jacques François too plays a subtle role.
Amusing movie about a unemployed man, François Perrin, who finally gets a job as a reporter for an important newspaper. The business is owned by billionaire Pierre Rambal-Cochet. His young son always get what he wants. And he wants François Perrin as a toy! Perrin doesn't have a choice if he wants to keep his new job. So he becomes a simple toy.
Francis Veber scores again with this one. It's no masterpiece, but it's a steady comedy with good laughs all along. And the cast is good. Pierre Richard shines as usual. Jacques François too as Blénac. And Michel Bouquet is great as Rambal-Cochet. So funny when we learn how he buys his properties!
Out of 100, I give it 76. That's good for **½ out of ****.
Seen at home, in Toronto, on December 2nd, 2002. I saw this film back in the eighties and I remember loving it at the time.
Francis Veber scores again with this one. It's no masterpiece, but it's a steady comedy with good laughs all along. And the cast is good. Pierre Richard shines as usual. Jacques François too as Blénac. And Michel Bouquet is great as Rambal-Cochet. So funny when we learn how he buys his properties!
Out of 100, I give it 76. That's good for **½ out of ****.
Seen at home, in Toronto, on December 2nd, 2002. I saw this film back in the eighties and I remember loving it at the time.
A very nice and funny movie with several ideas tied into it. It is the original movie which was followed by an American version, The Toy. I feel the American version lost some of the important ideas that they were expressing in the original.
I saw this film in Washington DC in the '70s, and was captivated. Then I brought friends and saw it again and again. Unfortunately, it is not available now in the States, though the coarse remake with Pryor and Gleason has overshadowed it. How can this be?? Richard has a delightful blend of tenderness and integrity that urge the viewer toward a more optimistic view -- that one person can make a big difference in someone's life. And the ending of the film suggests that we need to give much more credit to our small ones' ability to recognize truth and honor. If you have the chance, see it. If you know how to lobby to get this film the North American distribution it deserves (in VHS or DVD), please get on board!
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- AnecdotesRemade in 1982 starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason and Directed by Richard Donner
- GaffesAround 01:18:41, François's arms are along his body. On the next shot, his thumbs are inside pockets. On the next shot, his arms are along his body again. And so on...
- ConnexionsFeatured in Francis Veber artisan du rire: La mécanique dure rire (2002)
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Détails
- Durée1 heure 35 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.66 : 1
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