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Albert est méchant

2004 · 85 min

A breezy French comedy of errors, full of silly scheming and light laughs, never taking itself seriously.

Directed by
Hervé Palud
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Christian Clavier, Michel Serrault, Arielle Dombasle
Overview
Patrick Lechat learns that his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, whom he never knew, has just died leaving a colossal fortune. "Good thing!" Patrick Lechat and his family are currently in a very bad situation.

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Directed by
Hervé Palud
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Christian Clavier, Michel Serrault, Arielle Dombasle
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 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
  • family
  • greed
  • deception
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Hervé Palud
Written by
Hervé Palud, Igor Aptekman
Starring
Christian Clavier, Michel Serrault, Arielle Dombasle, Priscilla Betti, Bernard Farcy, Jackie Berroyer, Ged Marlon, Véronique Boulanger
Music
Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography
Robert Alazraki
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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