Alle meine Väter (1998)

Alle meine Väter: Directed by Patrice Leconte. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Vanessa Paradis, Eric Defosse. Two legends of the past have equal chances of becoming the father of a young beautiful girl. But before they find out which one exactly, they are forced to join efforts for saving her from the Mob.

“Belmondo u0026amp; Delon, together again, and this time with Vanessa Paradis in tow – or is it the other way round? The basic premise of the film is that Alice Tomaso (Paradis) gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo (Belmondo) and Julien (Delon), one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car – one belonging to the Russian mafia, and arrives at her destination with a gang of thugs out looking for her and the car. Mayhem and murder ensue, as Delon and Belmondo compete, not to win the girl, but just for the right to call themselves her father. In the process, they join forces, disrupt the mafia, seize the loot and head of to America for a paternity test.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe whole movie is played for laughs, capitalizing on the James Bond, Naked Gun genre of action comedy, and it works really well. The action is as fast paced, and every bit as far fetched, as any Bond flick. The understated humour, the slick gags and special effects, the subtle dialogue all make this a movie to watch, if youu0026#39;re a Bond fan. You wonu0026#39;t be disappointed. On the other hand, if you want your French films to be u0026quot;arty,u0026quot; deep and philosophical, youu0026#39;d better go look for a Truffaut or an early Jeunet – you wonu0026#39;t find what youu0026#39;re looking for here. This is shallow, itu0026#39;s slapstick, itu0026#39;s silly, and itu0026#39;s fun. Nothing special, just a good eveningu0026#39;s entertainment that wonu0026#39;t tax your brain (unless you have a problem reading subtitles).”