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Banzaï

19831h 42mComedy
directed by Claude Zidi
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Synopsis

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Cast

Coluche·Michel Bernardin
Valérie Mairesse·Isabelle Morizet, fiancée de Michel
Marthe Villalonga·Mme Bernardin, mère de Michel
Rabah Loucif·Rachid
Didier Kaminka·Paul, le cousin de Michel
François Perrot·Le président de "Planète Assistance"
Éva Darlan·Carole, un médecin de "Planète Assistance"
Zabou Breitman·Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle
Rachid Ferrache·Julien, le garçon qu'il faut rapatrier de Tunisie
Jean-Marie Proslier·L'homme d'affaires dans le Concorde