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Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At
Why this pick
A delirious Occupation-era chase comedy, pairing hidden Allied airmen with escalating disguises, hostile authorities and broad, precisely timed French farce.
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MOVIE1983 1h 42m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle," is a great singer and wife of maestro André Bourdelle. Joining the Resistance, he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Following the defeat, the family's mansion is taken over by German forces, leaving the family occupying a few back rooms, and complaining to the Kommandantur about his excesses and those of his men. Madame Bourdelle, her daughters and their tenant help by chance the escape an English airman, and are then forced to hide him in their cellar. The family, whose former caretaker Ramirez has become a Gestapo agent, is favoured by the General Spontz who has a soft spot for Bernadette Bourdelle. He is willing to ignore the fact that Guy-Hubert, son of the family, a seemingly cowardly and effeminate hairdresser, is actually the elusive vigilante known as "Super-Resistant".
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michel Galabru
Jean-Robert Bourdelle
Christian Clavier
Michel Taupin
Gérard Jugnot
Adolfo Ramirez
Jacqueline Maillan
Héléna Bourdelle
Martin Lamotte
Guy-Hubert "Super-Résistant" Bourdelle
Josiane Balasko
la pharmacienne
Michel Blanc
le père Lebœuf
Thierry Lhermitte
le colonel SS