Fallait pas!... (1996)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Gérard Jugnot

Writers:

Gérard Jugnot (writer)
Philippe Lopes-Curval (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 1996 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Automobile | Religion | Snow | Savoy | Alps

Cast

Gérard Jugnot	...	Bernard Leroy
François Morel	...	Sébastien
Jean Yanne	...	Magic
Michèle Laroque	...	Constance
Martin Lamotte	...	Solomuka
Micheline Presle	...	Bernard's Mother
Claude Piéplu	...	Bernard's Father
Jacques Jouanneau	...	Constance's Father
Sophie Desmarets	...	Constance's Mother
Annie Grégorio	...	Constance's Friend
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Doctor Simson
Maxime Leroux	...	Un spire
Marine Mazeas	...	Gwenaelle
Bruno Slagmulder
Maurice Illouz

Also Known As:

Caiga quien caiga, mañana me caso (Spain)
Caigui qui caigui, em caso (Spain: Catalan title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Aiton, Savoie, France

Company:

CiBy 2000

Could have been better but saved by its actors

"Fallait pas..." is the third comedy by Gérard Jugnot that tries to deal with a serious theme, but he's less successful here than with his previous "Une époque formidable" and "Casque Bleu". Here the target is the sectarian phenomenon, with a precise reference to the "Solar Temple Order" whose members committed mass suicide in France and Canada. Bernard, an executive for a big company, tries to get home in time for his wedding but is caught in the middle of a mass suicide. He saves a sect member (who then follows him like a puppy), and he's chased by the sect leaders, two over-the-top crooks with bloated egos and a craving for money. The parody of sectarian life and mind-control mechanisms is quite funny, but is unfortunately mixed with more conventional sitcom clichés (Bernard's family). However the actors are very good, particularly Yanne, Lamotte and Lhermite as the various flavours of sect leaders, and the movie is eventually redeemed by their performances.