There are many French comedies adapted from unknown foreign films in our region. Here are 7 examples. Will you be able to chase them down and foil the traps?
You wouldn’t necessarily know it when you find these movies in the cinema or on TV, but it’s not uncommon, especially lately, for French comedies to actually be adaptations, or remakes, of foreign films. Here are 7 examples. Can you identify them?
A quiz inspired by the recent release of Irréductible by Jérôme Commandeur and meanwhile Liar by Olivier Barrou in July.
Irreversible is a remake of the Italian film Quo Vado? By Gennaro Nunciante. When it was released in 2016, the film was a success, beating Star Wars VII at the Italian box office, attracting 9 million viewers and grossing over $68 million in Italy. For the record, Fabien Onteniente (Camping) was originally approached to direct the remake of this film.
the pitch Vincent Peltier, the peaceful employee of Eaux et Forets in Limoges, is calling for his resignation over a personnel review, which is the least he wants in the world. An overzealous inspector decides to take him to some of the worst places in the world to force him to surrender. So she sends him to Greenland to protect the researchers at the science base from bear attacks. You can imagine the rest…
Irreducible is currently in theaters.
Source: allocine
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