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Banzaï

1983 · 1h 42m · Comedy

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Cast

• Coluche as Michel Bernardin
• Valérie Mairesse as Isabelle Morizet, fiancée de Michel
• Marthe Villalonga as Mme Bernardin, mère de Michel
• Rabah Loucif as Rachid
• Didier Kaminka as Paul, le cousin de Michel
• François Perrot as Le président de "Planète Assistance"
• Éva Darlan as Carole, un médecin de "Planète Assistance"
• Zabou Breitman as Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle
• Rachid Ferrache as Julien, le garçon qu'il faut rapatrier de Tunisie
• Jean-Marie Proslier as L'homme d'affaires dans le Concorde
• Isabelle Attali as L'hôtesse du vol Paris-Tunis
• Dominique Balzer as Robert

Details

Director

Claude Zidi

Released

March 23, 1983

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Comedy

Studio

Renn Productions

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.2 / 10 from 200 votes