Jean-Marie Bigard is well known in France for his crude sexual jokes. I was rather surprised while watching this movie to see how 'contended' he might be for his part - much more subtle than I expected.
The duo Doudi-Bigard worked quiet well for 3/4 of the movie and I enjoyed many of the characters part. The movie suddenly seemed to go a different way in the last quarter, trying to deliver some kind of moralistic message that didn't convince me too much.
Story pitch (may content minor spoilers) : Mario (J-M Bigard) is just released from jail after a 7 years detention for jewels robbery. Some of his 'old friends' are waiting for him at the prison entrance because he is the only one to know the location of very precious jewels from a previous robbery. After a few intimidations, Mario is going to his brother Patrick (Doudi Strajmayster) - a priest - to find a place to hide from his dangerous friends. Patrick's only idea is to disguise Mario as a priest and send him in a very isolated village in Ardeche as a priest student. But once Mario arrives in the village of Banne, the crowd there is awaiting for him to bury the just passed-away former local priest - and take his place ! In the meantime, Mario asks his brother Patrick to retrieve the jewels and sell them to a local mafia boss. The more the story evolves, the more the two characters take the position of one another with unexpected consequences !
I gave it a 6/10 because of the good performance of the actors even if the story is sometimes a bit predictable and annoying - some good parts are irresistible to laugh at. A good average french comedy.
The duo Doudi-Bigard worked quiet well for 3/4 of the movie and I enjoyed many of the characters part. The movie suddenly seemed to go a different way in the last quarter, trying to deliver some kind of moralistic message that didn't convince me too much.
Story pitch (may content minor spoilers) : Mario (J-M Bigard) is just released from jail after a 7 years detention for jewels robbery. Some of his 'old friends' are waiting for him at the prison entrance because he is the only one to know the location of very precious jewels from a previous robbery. After a few intimidations, Mario is going to his brother Patrick (Doudi Strajmayster) - a priest - to find a place to hide from his dangerous friends. Patrick's only idea is to disguise Mario as a priest and send him in a very isolated village in Ardeche as a priest student. But once Mario arrives in the village of Banne, the crowd there is awaiting for him to bury the just passed-away former local priest - and take his place ! In the meantime, Mario asks his brother Patrick to retrieve the jewels and sell them to a local mafia boss. The more the story evolves, the more the two characters take the position of one another with unexpected consequences !
I gave it a 6/10 because of the good performance of the actors even if the story is sometimes a bit predictable and annoying - some good parts are irresistible to laugh at. A good average french comedy.