La Cité de la peur: Difference between revisions

The movie has quite a fanbase, and is often seen as one of the funniest French comedies made -- not that there were many competitors during the 90's if you except ''Le Diner de Cons'' a.k.a. ''[[Dinner for Schmucks]]'' a few years later.

 

 

* [[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.