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Vive la France

2013 · 97 min

A silly, good-natured romp of culture-clash gags and travel mishaps that coasts on charm rather than logic.

Directed by: Michaël Youn
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Michaël Youn, José Garcia, Isabelle Funaro

Overview: Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! But the France that Muzafar and Feruz discover is far from what they had expected...

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Directed by: Michaël Youn
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Michaël Youn, José Garcia, Isabelle Funaro

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
friendship
identity
media
family
Places: big city
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	9
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	3
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Complexity	2
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Michaël Youn
Written by: Bernardo Barilli, Jurij Prette, Michaël Youn, Dominique Gauriaud
Starring: Michaël Youn, José Garcia, Isabelle Funaro, Ary Abittan, Jérôme Commandeur, Vincent Moscato, Guilaine Londez, Franck Gastambide
Runtime: 97 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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