Banzaï

Banzaï

102 mins | Comedy | March 23, 1983

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Banzaï

102 mins | Comedy | March 23, 1983

Banzaï
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Renn Productions
Original title Banzaï
Directors Claude Zidi
Writers Didier Kaminka, Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi

Cast

Coluche

as Michel Bernardin

Valérie Mairesse

as Isabelle Morizet

Didier Kaminka

as le cousin Paul

François Perrot

as Le patron de Planète assistance

Éva Darlan

as Carole, la médecin

Marthe Villalonga

as Madame Bernardin

Zabou Breitman

as Sophia, l'amie d'Isabelle

Rachid Ferrache

as Julien

Jean-Marie Proslier

as le businessman du Concorde

Isabelle Attali

as l'hôtesse Paris-Tunis

Dominique Balzer

as Robert

Gérard Holtz

as le journaliste TV

André Chaumeau

as le vendeur de meubles

Jean Cherlian

as le premier flic

Bernard Cazassus

as le premier clodo

Jean-Claude Martin

as le père de Julien

Aline Bertrand

as la vieille dame du pavillon

Didier Lavergne

as le steward

Madeleine Barbulée

as la vieille dame du Paris-Tunis

Bernard Rousselet

as le directeur du personnel

Hélène Dublin

as Marie