I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

A breezy, silly French farce full of slapstick mischief and gentle jabs at authority, easy to enjoy without much thought.

Directed by

Pierre Richard

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Hélène Duc

Overview

Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys" at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory...

How it feels

Light, satirical, absurd and whimsical. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Class, family, rebellion, work

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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