''Circulez y'a rien à voir'' is a 1983 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Patrice Leconte.

Plot

Hélène Duvernet (

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), owner of an art gallery, is questioned by the inspectors Pelissier (

Jacques Villeret Jacques Villeret (; 6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy ''Le Dîner de Cons''. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious ...

) and Leroux ( Michel Blanc) for a routine affair. But Leroux suddenly has a passion for Hélène, and starts finding any pretext to talk to her or keep an eye on her. He enters her house several times unexpectedly, takes her spinning, and even steels her car so she must pass by the police office. Ironically, Hélène seems to have something to reproach herself, because she does art traffic with her lover Marc. When she leaves for

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to sell paintings of Amedeo Modigliani hidden under a paint coating to let think that they are contemporary paintings, she defies Leroux to follow her flight by car, what he does. He finally discovers the truth once arrived in Switzerland, becomes angry at Hélène and suddenly has a pain. While Hélène gives her a cold shower, he kisses her by surprise. Feeling troubled, he goes back to Paris, but both end by seeing each other at Hélène's house. They discover Marc taking a bath drying his hair. Hélène announces him that Leroux is there and has discovered their traffic. Marc is surprised and is electrocuted in his bathtub with his hairdryer. Hélène and Leaux work as a team to hide Marc's body. They finally throw it from the top a bridge, but it finally falls on a houseboat. Hélène flies alone to Brasil, estimating that she is the only one related to Marc's death. But Leroux realises that a part of his eternal raincoat has been torn and stayed on the corpse of Marc.

Cast

* Michel Blanc as Inspecteur Leroux *

as Hélène Duvernet *

as Inspecteur Pelissier * Michel Robbe as Marc * Gaëlle Legrand as Martine, girlfriend of Leroux *

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as the joking chef * Dominique Faysse as the housewife *

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as Reska *

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as Müller * Wilfrid Durry as the station master * Marc Adjadj as the hairdresser * Mathieu Chardet as the customs agent at the Swiss border *

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as the policeman on the bridge *

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as the CRS at

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Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had direct ...

as the bar owner

External links

* 1983 films 1983 comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Patrice Leconte 1980s French films 1980s French-language films {{1980s-France-film-stub