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Knock on Wood
Why this pick
Like Rabbi Jacob, it turns a mismatched forced partnership into escalating physical farce, with brisk comic set pieces and a warm, crowd-pleasing French sense of absurdity.
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MOVIE1973 1h 40m FRA
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A tightly wound French comedy of errors whose smug protagonist is undone by a seemingly harmless encounter; it shares the relentless escalation and expertly timed chaos of Oury’s farce.
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Why this pick
Its innocent hero is swept into an increasingly ridiculous conspiracy, combining mistaken identity, elegant comic suspense and the buoyant 1970s French farce energy of Rabbi Jacob.
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The Valet
Why this pick
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The Restaurant
Why this pick
Louis de Funès drives this broad, meticulously choreographed farce with the same high-strung physical precision, rapid reversals and comic velocity that power Rabbi Jacob.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Rabbi Jacob (Marcel Dalio) is one of the most loved rabbis of New York. One day, the French side of his family, the Schmolls, invite him to celebrate the bar mitzvah of the young David. Rabbi Jacob boards a plane to leave America for his birthland of France after more than 30 years of American life. His young friend Rabbi Samuel comes with him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Louis de Funès
Victor Pivert
Henri Guybet
Salomon
Claude Giraud
Mohamed Larbi Slimane/Rabbi Zeiligman
Janet Brandt
Tzipé Schmoll, la grand-mère
Jacques François
Le général
Georges Adet
Le vieux Lévi
Philippe Brigaud
L'adjoint du ministre
André Penvern
Un adjoint d'Andréani