The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

1976 · 74 min · FR · 5.4 (36 votes)
Dir. Patrice Leconte · Starring Coluche, Jean Rochefort, Roland Dubillard, Danièle Evenou, Robert Berri, Jean Luisi · Music Paul Misraki
CrimeComedy

A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

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A darkly comedic caper with a distinctly French flavor. Expect a slow-burn investigation filled with absurd twists, eccentric characters, and a healthy dose of black humor. It's a quirky, offbeat ride that revels in its own strangeness.

darkly comedicabsurdistquirkyoffbeatsteadyEuro-crimeblack comedyspoofvintage aestheticabsurdity of lifeinstitutional critiquemistaken identity
franceasylumblack humortoiletbased on comicmurderspoofpolice investigationpolice commissionerduo
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