Two burglars are long-time partners in crime. When they're breaking into an apartment in order to crack a safe, they cross paths with a self-confident blonde who sticks to them like white on rice. The young lady sees herself as a valuable addition to the team, although she still has some way to go in the criminal mastermind department...
The comedy seems to come with multiple titles : I saw it when it was titled "A mouse among men". It's not a bad movie : De Funès is in great, irascible shape and the plot comes with some nice twists, one-liners and gags. For instance, there's a magnificent scene where the two burglars, mistaken for legitimate guests, meet with a superbly hospitable hostess. The hostess is something of an amateur biologist, meaning that both men are forced to watch a mind-blowingly boring movie about the mating habits of beetles. Meanwhile the comment grows lyrical : "Now the male beetle will sing ! Hark ! He sings ! Listen to that enchanting song, to that irresistable love poem !"
Sadly for all concerned, the story took a very strange turn somewhere around the 5/6th mark, with a new development which seemed to come out of thin air. Some other weird developments followed and by the end most narrative logic was gone : I would not have been surprised to watch Hannibal and his war elephants trekking through Paris. I can only suppose that the novel the movie was based on (and which I've never read) was better at connecting the dots.
So do watch the movie, but be prepared for some unexpected and illogical developments near the end.
The comedy seems to come with multiple titles : I saw it when it was titled "A mouse among men". It's not a bad movie : De Funès is in great, irascible shape and the plot comes with some nice twists, one-liners and gags. For instance, there's a magnificent scene where the two burglars, mistaken for legitimate guests, meet with a superbly hospitable hostess. The hostess is something of an amateur biologist, meaning that both men are forced to watch a mind-blowingly boring movie about the mating habits of beetles. Meanwhile the comment grows lyrical : "Now the male beetle will sing ! Hark ! He sings ! Listen to that enchanting song, to that irresistable love poem !"
Sadly for all concerned, the story took a very strange turn somewhere around the 5/6th mark, with a new development which seemed to come out of thin air. Some other weird developments followed and by the end most narrative logic was gone : I would not have been surprised to watch Hannibal and his war elephants trekking through Paris. I can only suppose that the novel the movie was based on (and which I've never read) was better at connecting the dots.
So do watch the movie, but be prepared for some unexpected and illogical developments near the end.