A terminally ill woman in search of the baby she gave up at birth, a man whose botched suicide has placed him on a wanted list and an archivist whose blindness is no barrier to his gallantry join forces on the run from the police. This box-office hit from France wears its quirky absurdity lightly, despite a dedication to the late Python Terry Jones, and a fleeting cameo from Terry Gilliam.
That said, many of the verbal jokes – a running gag about mispronounced names, for example – might not translate particularly well to anglophone ears. It’s amiable enough, but this broad French comedy is not distinctive enough for the arthouse crowd, and too Gallic for the mainstream.
