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I saw this French (subtitled) film at a Film Festival at the Thalia Theater in New York back in the late 50s or early 60s. To my knowledge,it has never been available since. I thought it was hilarious, but it might not work today. It was something like an expanded Pete Smith short with a number of episodes dealing with various "pests". I have tried for many years to find a source for this film, but I doubt that it exists anywhere now other than in some obscure film vault in France. I would certainly like to see it again to assure myself that I wasn't wrong in giving it such a high rating.

It was the first movie I saw after the war and I have never laughed so much. It is a real fine comedy, and you'll find the types of annoying characters described everywhere. Noel-Noel is a very fine actor, and he plays with tact and psychology, a very expressive figure. Jean Tissier is also a nice actor playing a kind of people trying to persuade the others without being sure of himself at the same time. It is a genre wherein the french movies are excellent : it describes scenes of common life, with humor and accuracy. Everybody has encountered such situations.

I would like to be able to have a copy of that movie on CD or tape or video to see it again, but how would that be possible ?