Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

1980 · 95 min · FR · 6.9 (199 votes)
Dir. Gérard Oury · Starring Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot, Gordon Mitchell, Roger Carel · Music Vladimir Cosma
ComedyCrime

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

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This film feels like a dizzying, darkly funny descent into criminal chaos. Expect escalating misunderstandings and slapstick violence, all wrapped in a stylish, retro crime aesthetic. It's a wild ride where absurdity reigns supreme.

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