This beautiful American is not a woman but a car ; in France, the sixties were the decade of the car ,many buy their first one in this era .Most of them were small vehicles , and when the hero,a modest factory worker buys a cadillac for a song ,(450 nouveaux francs -a simple deux-chevaux would cost ten times this in 1960)he passes for an important man ,and will even help a politician get a promotion, thanks to his knowledge in Australian geography (thanks to sonny's book )
In the sixties ,some commercials claim "you're judged on your car" and as soon as the VIP see the cadillac , they are at the beck and call of the happy owner .
The gags are numerous ,including one when the hero is locked up in his trunk ,with the key in his pocket ; the cast is a who's who of the French comic actors, featuring Louis De Funès playing twins ,and thus doubling the fun .
But ,besides the absolutely crazy screenplay ,this is an interesting time capsule : the early sixties see the coming of the nouveaux francs which caused problems for those who were not good at arithmetic ; most of the people would still watch TV in the cafes,but along the decade , TV sales rocketed .And everybody took their driving test!
In the sixties ,some commercials claim "you're judged on your car" and as soon as the VIP see the cadillac , they are at the beck and call of the happy owner .
The gags are numerous ,including one when the hero is locked up in his trunk ,with the key in his pocket ; the cast is a who's who of the French comic actors, featuring Louis De Funès playing twins ,and thus doubling the fun .
But ,besides the absolutely crazy screenplay ,this is an interesting time capsule : the early sixties see the coming of the nouveaux francs which caused problems for those who were not good at arithmetic ; most of the people would still watch TV in the cafes,but along the decade , TV sales rocketed .And everybody took their driving test!