La Cité de la peur (1994)
- Directed by
- Alain Berbérian
- Genre
- parody film, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 1,361 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A comedy team working on a film festival deal with a series of bizarre murders and a cursed film print. The story spoofs American blockbusters through rapid jokes and wordplay.
sillyfast-pacedgoofyabsurdtongue-in-cheekplayfullightheartedenergetic
What happens
La Cité de la peur (transl. "The City of Fear"), also known as Le film de Les Nuls ("The Les Nuls Movie"), is a 1994 French comedy film written by and starring Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat and Dominique Farrugia of the comedy group Les Nuls, and directed by Alain Berbérian in 1994. The movie parodies big budget American films (Basic Instinct, Pretty Woman and The Terminator, among others, are directly spoofed) and relies heavily on puns and word play, which makes it somewhat inaccessible for non native French speakers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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