A Sense of Humour (2011)

Original title

Le sens de l'humour

Directed by

Émile Gaudreault

Genre

comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two stand-up comedians are kidnapped by a man they mocked in their act. They must teach him comedy to survive his revenge.

lightheartedquirkyplayfultensewrycrime-tingedcomedic

What happens

A Sense of Humour (French: Le Sens de l'humour) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011. The film stars Louis-José Houde and Benoît Brière as Luc Dubé and Marco Fortier, two stand-up comedians who are kidnapped by Roger Gendron (Michel Côté) after making fun of him in a comedy show, and must protect themselves from his revenge by teaching him the art of comedy. The cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sonia Vachon, Pierrette Robitaille, Alexandre Goyette and Pierre Collin. The film opened in theatres in July 2011. The film received four Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Supporting Actress (Vachon), Best Cinematography (Bernard Couture), Best Editing (Jean-François Bergeron) and Best Original Music (FM Le Sieur). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• I'm Yours (2011)
• Le colis (2011)
• Doppelgänger Paul (2011)
• French Kiss (2011)
• The Life and Times of Chester-Angus Ramsgood (1971)
• French Immersion (2011)
• Inventory (2011)
• Stealing Paradise (2011)