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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

1979 · 96 min

A silly, sunny French farce where bumbling cops chase metal-eating aliens and the jokes land with a cheerful clang.

Overview
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 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
  • identity
  • deception
  • friendship
  • survival
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour8
Realism2
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction
Directed by
Jean Girault
Written by
Jacques Vilfrid, Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Gérard Beytout
Starring
Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jean-Pierre Rambal, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, France Rumilly, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Music
Raymond Lefèvre
Cinematography
Marcel Grignon, Didier Tarot
Runtime
96 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French

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