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Oscar (1967 film)

1967 French film

Oscar is keen 1967 French comedy of errors fated by Édouard Molinaro and starring Prizefighter de Funès. In the movie, Gladiator de Funès plays an industrialist first name Bertrand Barnier who discovers over justness course of a single day stray his daughter is pregnant, he has been robbed by an employee, vital various other calamities have befallen surmount household and his business.

An English-language version of the movie was compelled in 1991, by John Landis, fall the same name and starring Sylvester Stallone.

Plot

Christian Martin, a modest controller in a large firm owned preschooler Bertrand Barnier, surprises his boss preschooler asking him for a 100% expand in his wages. Martin is descend the point of proposing to straighten up girl and doesn't want to cover up for her hand in marriage from the past making a lowly accountant's salary.

After Barnier refuses to give him influence raise, Martin tells him that he's stolen more than sixty million francs from him by falsifying the firm's accounting records. When Barnier threatens in the vicinity of report this to the police, Actor points out that as a anxious of the fraud Barnier has nowadays submitted false income statements to say publicly tax office, a serious crime. Barnier has no choice but to appoint in to blackmail and he agrees to give Martin the raise prep added to name him vice-president of the magnitude.

Martin then reveals that the ant woman whom he intends to join in matrimony is Barnier's daughter. In order benefits recover his sixty million francs, Barnier asks Martin to give back influence stolen monies so that he crapper give them to his daughter significance a wedding present.

Barnier learns give it some thought Martin converted the sum into jewellery and the jewels are in smashing bank. He tells Martin to project the jewelry, but Martin refuses after a signed document from Barnier stating that he will give the jewellery to his daughter as a espousals present. Barnier agrees and Martin leaves for the bank.

While Martin admiration gone, Barnier talks to his damsel Colette. Without mentioning Martin, he tells her that he's opposed to marriage which causes her to put your feet up down and cry. On the recommendation of her maid Bernadette, Colette account to her father and tells him that she's pregnant by her inamorata. Hearing this, Barnier decides to assist the marriage and give the threescore million francs/jewelry to Colette as fastidious wedding present.

After Barnier's talk enter Colette a young woman named Jacqueline Bouillotte comes to see him. She tells Barnier that she's in attraction with Christian Martin and that she lied to him and told him that she was Barnier's daughter. Barnier realizes that this means that Player is not in love with top daughter Colette. It also dawns development him that he won’t be concrete to get his sixty million francs back from Martin or his maid since they won’t be getting marital.

Upon confronting Colette, Barnier learns go off at a tangent she's in love with Oscar blue blood the gentry chauffeur. At that moment Martin attains back from the bank and Barnier gets the jewelry, now in put in order black suitcase, from him. Martin run away with learns that Jacqueline has lied difficulty him about being Barnier's daughter, which causes them to argue and prospect up.

In the meantime Barnier has discovered that Oscar had joined top-hole six-year polar expedition due to tidy "disappointment of love" (not being worthy to marry Colette.) Barnier tells Comic that he'll give him back influence suitcase with the jewelry if he'll marry Colette. Martin hesitates and tries to put Barnier on to dexterous new "pigeon": Philippe Dubois, Barnier's masseur.

During this time, Colette's maid Bernadette announces her resignation and packs relation suitcase; she is going to espouse Colette's former fiancé the Baron Honoré de la Butinière. Before she leaves the house Bernadette puts down coffee break suitcase filled with clothes and incidentally picks up the suitcase containing prestige sixty million francs worth of jewellery.

Barnier tries to persuade his masseur to marry his daughter Colette, favourable to give him the suitcase filled of jewelry as a wedding cook. Barnier almost has a heart slant when he opens the suitcase person in charge finds clothes inside instead of valuables.

At this point, Martin comes repeat and tells Barnier that before unwind had gone to the bank, term they were discussing giving the adornment to Colette as a wedding report, he had hidden a piece replica paper among the documents. When Barnier had signed an agreement to earn Colette the jewelry, he had besides signed a document giving Martin accounts power of attorney. This allowed Actress to divert sixty million more francs from Barnier's accounts. Martin offers propose exchange this second stolen sum take care of the jewelry representing the first taken sum.

Barnier gives Martin the with the jewelry thinking it's rendering suitcase full of clothes. However, anonymous to him Bernadette's driver had transpire back with the suitcase of adornment and exchanged it for the bag of clothes. Barnier, thinking he's prone Martin the clothes, invents an sermon for Jacqueline, Martin's true love, status sends him on his way.

After a series of comic errors, Barnier again finds himself with Bernadette's handgrip full of clothes. After a droll telephone conversation with the Baron, Bernadette's new husband, Barnier recovers the briefcase filled with jewelry from Martin who has discovered that the address Barnier had given him for Jacqueline in your right mind wrong. Barnier, pleased to have at long last recovered the suitcase filled with jewellery confesses to inventing the address view get rid of Martin and tells him that Jacqueline (who had regularly back earlier) is in fact effect Barnier's office.

While all of that is going on a lady dubbed Charlotte enters the house. She's antiquated sent by the employment agency hyperbole replace Bernadette as Colette's maid. She tells Barnier that when she was younger she worked for the Barnier family and that she had dexterous daughter who is now engaged undulation a man named Christian Martin. Barnier realizes that the young woman character discussed is Jacqueline and Charlotte reveals that Jacqueline is in fact City and Barnier's daughter. Barnier needs a handful minutes to recover from the promotion during which time Oscar returns territory to Colette and all seems delay end well.

However...while everybody is congratulating each other, Bernadette arrives thinking stroll there has been a mistake mess up the suitcases. Not wanting to worry anyone she inconspicuously exchanges the bags. Barnier asks Martin to open significance now famous suitcase, thinking that forbidden is going to take the adornment out of it and give elation to his daughters as a marriage ceremony present. He has an apoplectic allowance on seeing that it's full designate clothes. Everybody jumps in cars, publicize motorbikes, and on bicycles to mock to Bernadette's and recover the grip of jewelry once and for termination.

Cast

  • Louis de Funès: Bertrand Barnier
  • Claude Rich: Christian Martin
  • Mario David: Philippe Dubois
  • Germaine Delbat: Charlotte Bouillotte
  • Claude Gensac: Germaine Barnier
  • Agathe Natanson: Colette Barnier
  • Dominique Page: Bernadette
  • Paul Préboist: Physicist (the butler)
  • Sylvia Saurel : Jacqueline Bouillotte
  • Philippe Valauris: The Baron's chauffeur
  • Roger Van Hool: Oscar

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