When the bad-luck-prone daughter of a bigwig disappears without a trace, a psychologist comes up with a new methodology - find someone with equally bad luck who can, through misfortune, retrace her steps.
Accountant Pierre Richard has the requisite bad luck and is dispatched to Mexico with a private detective (Gerard Depardieu) to hunt her down.
Whimsical and lowkey, Richard is skilled at physical comedy and the character's overconfidence and seeming comfort with misfortune keep you from feeling too sorry for him as he goes from pratfall to pratfall. Depardieu makes a good straight man, a skeptical tough guy forced to believe bad luck really is a thing.
It's not a hilarious movie, but it is a funny, likable one. Recommended.
Accountant Pierre Richard has the requisite bad luck and is dispatched to Mexico with a private detective (Gerard Depardieu) to hunt her down.
Whimsical and lowkey, Richard is skilled at physical comedy and the character's overconfidence and seeming comfort with misfortune keep you from feeling too sorry for him as he goes from pratfall to pratfall. Depardieu makes a good straight man, a skeptical tough guy forced to believe bad luck really is a thing.
It's not a hilarious movie, but it is a funny, likable one. Recommended.