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The plot is as follows : Odile Deray, a publicist, has trouble promoting an [[Stylistic Suck|atrociously bad horror movie,]] ''[[Red Scare|Red is Dead]]'', about a Communist-themed serial killer. But just as the Cannes Film Festival starts, the projectionists of the movie get killed one by one by what seems to be a copycat of the movie's killer. Jumping on the occasion, she decides to use this unwanted publicity for building up the hype around the movie. As such, she gets the main actor of the movie, Simon Jérémi, to come to the festival, and hires a bodyguard, Serge Karamazov, to look after the two of them. Meanwhile, detective Patrick Biallès tries to resolve the murders, and additionally starts a relationship with Odile. [[Hilarity Ensues|Cue completely surreal scenes and parodies for 90 minutes]].

 

 

 

* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]

'''Odile''': No, I'm the Pope and I'm waiting for my sister. }}

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Parodied in ''Red is Dead''.

* [[Cat Scare]]: The banana. To elaborate: {{spoiler|at some point Emile is told he could be shot by an isolated sniper, but "that would be really unlucky". A few seconds later, a passerby reaches for something in his vest while looking at him... and produces a banana}}.

* [[Credits Gag]]: The movie credits Bruce Wayne as [[Batman]], Tullavu as Kim Onku ("Have you seen it ? What ? My ass !"), [[Gaston Lagaffe|Gaston]] as the gaffer, or Çaenfait played by Dumondehein ("there are a lot of people, aren't there ?"). There's also a line about the number of sugar lumps put by one of the actresses in her teacup and how people should watch the movie again just to count them.

* [[The Ditz]]: Simon Jérémi, oh. so much. We're introduced to him by way of his being attended by a hostess just like a child who'd have to take a plane alone, and as he's asked if he has luggage, he immediately answers that if he's been told to come, nobody told him to take some luggage with him...

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]

* [[Double Entendre]]: Invoked.

'''Biallès''': Are you sure you don't want a whiskey first ? }}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: "Hey, look ! The killer has cut his finger !"

** {{spoiler|"I'm gonna die in two minutes!"}}

* [[Gratuitous English]]: More like a case of Gratuitous English ''Accent'', but still:

'''Odile''': Aaaaaah, a ''serial killer''. (American accent, dramatic music) }}

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Serge claims to have had sex with every single person he had to protect. Including Prince Charles.

 

* [[Running Gag]]: Simon vomiting every time he's happy, Emile's bad breath ("take a piece of gum, Emile...") and inability to deliver the saying about how you can fool one man one time, but not one thousand men one time... No, wait... One thousand men one thousand times, but not one man one thousand times... Ah, screw this...

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The ''Red is Dead'' movie.

** The whole movie is actually this, thanks to the "making our own sound effects because lack of budget" scene.

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