Banzaï
1983 Comedy
|
Credits
|
|
|
Summary
Michel Bernardin works for Planète Assistance, an insurance company which instantly
sends help to travellers no matter where in the world they may be. Michel is office
bound, which suits him because he is terrified of flying. Ironically, his fiancée,
Isabelle is an air hostess, although she has promised Michel she will give up her job
since they are soon to be married. After upsetting his employer Michel finds himself
in the front line, travelling all over the world to help distressed customers. Meanwhile,
Isabelle is forced to continue flying until she works out her contract. The couple
resort to an increasingly elaborate charade to conceal from one another what is happening.
Review
One of the weaker films which Coluche made in his brief but often dazzling film career,
Banzai has a few exceptionally funny visual jokes but is overall a pretty mediocre
offering. The film’s main plot is too weak to sustain the narrative much
beyond the film’s mid-point, by which time decent laughs have become somewhat few
and far between. It is however worth watching the film for the madcap comic stunts
in the film’s first half and, best of all, the notorious “elephant man”
sequence.
© James Travers 2004 Write a review for this film... |
|
