La vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984)

	Also Known As: The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
	Year of first release: 1984
	Director: Gérard Oury (La Grande Vadrouille, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Le Corniaud)
	Actors: Coluche (Inspecteur la Bavure, Tchao pantin), Maruschka Detmers, Luis Rego, Josiane Balasko
	Country: F, MEX
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 25.12.2017, 40" TV
Synopsis: When Loulou (Coluche) inherits from his Grand-mother an apartment in Paris, he moves in there only to discover a group of young terrorists trying to free their leader from jail. The beautiful Laura (Detmers) seduces him to let them stay.
Review: As every year, Christmas in the family means watching old or new French Comedies, like we did Le Grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noire in 2016, On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie in 2015, Jean-Philippe in 2014, etc. This year I was curious to see La vengeance du serpent à plumes from which I remembered very little, although it was directed by the unavoidable Gérard Oury and stars the famous French humorist Coluche. I was quite disappointed by a movie progressing very slowly in both its Action and Comedy. As often Coluche "plays himself", a kind of underdog, not to good-looking nor too bright, and a few of his reactions are mildly funny for someone who likes him and missed seeing him. The Comedy is wildly over-played which may have been OK if the movie was not vainly attempting at spreading revolutionary thoughts. At some points it seems just an excuse to shoot some scenes in Mexico. There are much better movies to watch from Oury or with Coluche. The French TV channel proposing the movie had the good idea to show right after it a good documentary about the comedian.
Rating: 3 /10