Appelez-moi Mathilde
1969 Comedy
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Summary
One evening, Mathilde de Blanzac is kidnapped by a band of crooks and taken to a deserted
farm. Whilst they are waiting for the ransom to be paid, a pilot who has just ejected
from a fighter plane lands on their hideout. Mathilde convinces the pilot to pretend
to be a Russian cosmonaut, to lead the kidnappers to think they have a far more valuable
hostage...
Review
Appelez-moi Mathilde is the one and only film
to be directed by the versatile comic actor Pierre Mondy. Despite some enthusiastic
performances from Jacqueline Maillan (one of France’s greatest comediennes) and Michel
Serrault, the film doesn’t get anywhere near to fulfilling its comic potential and is
a tired, plodding affair with a very junvenile idea of comedy. The drab sets and
static photography don’t help, but it’s Mondy’s bland direction and a dull narrative that
are most aggravating. Francis Veber’s script does however contain a number of very
funny jokes, which make the film just about bearable.
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