''The Corsican File'' () is a 2004 French comedy film directed by

Alain Berbérian Alain Berbérian (, ; 2 July 1953 – 22 August 2017) was a French film director and writer of Armenian descent. Biography Born in Beirut to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, Berbérian spent his youth in Lebanon before finishing his studi ...

. It is based on the comic book of the same name, one of the stories from the '' Jack Palmer'' series by

René Pétillon René Pétillon (; 12 December 1945, Lesneven – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist. As a cartoonist he was most famous for his work in '' Canard Enchaîné''. As a comics artist his best known ...

. The film was produced by Gaumont and Legend, and written by Christian Clavier and Michel Delgado. The story follows the escapades of

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Jack Palmer, a pseudonym of Rémi Francois, trying to locate a man living on the island of

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

who is to inherit a property from a

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Plot

Cast

Christian Clavier Christian Jean-Marie Clavier (; born 6 May 1952) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. A co-founder of Le Splendid in the 1970s, a Parisian café-théâtre company which soon garnered success, he became widely popular aft ...

as Rémi François / Jack Palmer *

Jean Reno Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born 30 July 1948), commonly known as Jean Reno (), is a French-Spanish actor. He established himself as a Leading actor, leading man of French cinema through his collaborations with director Luc Besson, and has w ...

as Ange Leoni * Caterina Murino as Léa *

Didier Flamand Didier Flamand (born 12 March 1947) is a French actor and theatre director. He has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film '' The Suspended Vocation''. Theater Filmography Actor ...

as Dargent * Pierre Salasca as Matéo * Eric Fraticelli (credited as Pido) as Figoli * Alain Maratrat as De Vlaminck * François Orsoni as Balducci * Nathanaël Maïni as Grappa * Albert Dray as Le capitaine de gendarmerie * Daniel Delorme as Doumé * Guy Cimino as Borgnoli * Jo Fondacci as Diazep * Philippe Guerrini as Le Marseillais * Tzek as Bruno

Reception

Nicolas Jouenne of ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

'' said, "And you must admit that the two actors stick to their characters perfectly! Although he has not adopted the unmistakable look of Jack Palmer, Christian Clavier is shown in a relatively convincing interpretation while retaining far from his usual bidding a bit boring. Facing him, Jean Reno turns out perfect in solitary independence leader and blood, in addition to the Corsican accent!""L'Enquête corse : Clavier et Reno sous le soleil" (in French)
''Le Figaro'', 21 October 2008.

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* * 2004 films 2004 comedy films Films directed by Alain Berbérian Films scored by Alexandre Desplat Films based on French comics Live-action films based on comics Films set in Corsica Films shot in Corsica French comedy films French detective films 2000s French films Gaumont (company) films {{italic title