Sunday, December 15, 2019

Joyeuses Pâques (1984)

English title: Happy Easter

A married man cheats on his wife on every occasion he can. Things go awry when he takes a young woman to his house when his wife is away on a trip. Said trip is aborted and she comes back to catch her husband and his guest in the house. He tells her she is his daughter from a previous marriage.

This is based on a farce written for the stage; although that is not stated in the credits, it is discernible at a few heavily dialogued stretches. Equally discernible are the frantic attempts at disguising it with car wrecks and chases which have little to do with the main plot. The whole thing eventually becomes mildly amusing for the very absurdity of it all.

Rating: 37

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