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Le Jumeau
1984 Comedy / Romance
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Credits
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Director: Yves Robert
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Script: Élisabeth Rappeneau, Yves Robert, Boris Bergman, based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake
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Photo: Robert Fraisse
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Music: Vladimir Cosma
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Cast: Pierre Richard (Matthias Duval),
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (Ernest Volpinex),
Camilla More (Betty Kerner),
Carey More (Liz Kerner),
Jacques Frantz (Ralph),
Françoise Dorner (Marie),
Jean-Pierre Castaldi (Charlie),
Paul Le Person (Le clochard jazz),
Isabelle Strawa (Nikki),
Jean-Claude Bouillaud (L'inspecteur),
Henri Labussière (Le maire)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 100 min
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Aka: The Twin
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Summary
Whilst holidaying on the Côte d’Azur, Matthias Duval makes the acquaintance of two
wealthy American heiresses, Liz and Betty. He adores both of them, and so, realising
that he cannot have the two for himself, he pretends he has twin brother, Mathieu.
Whilst Lis is occupied with Matthias, the extrovert adventurer, Betty gets engaged to
the timid intellectual Mathieu. All is well until Mathias discovers that the two
women are desperate to marry him for one reason – so that they can inherit their part
of a huge fortune…
Review
Le Jumeau is a boisterous, typically Gallic,
sex comedy starring the incomparable Pierre Richard, arguably one of France’s funniest
comic actors. The film was directed by Yves Robert, who, despite being best known
for his two-part drama La
Gloire de mon père /
Le Château de ma mere (1990), also
directed some of France’s most successful film comedies. This is far from being
Robert’s best work – the plot is overly complicated, the voiceover narration (a device
that Robert uses too often in his films) is intrusive and the visual gags are far more
amusing than the scripted dialogue. However, Pierre Richard’s tireless performance
keeps the chaotic storyline rolling along, making this a lively and enjoyable farce.
On any account, it’s much better than its tired American remake, Two
Much (1995).
© James Travers 2007
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