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7.1After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.
Cast
- Jean Reno as Comte Godefroy de Montmirail
- Christian Clavier as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
- Valérie Lemercier as Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail
- Marie-Anne Chazel as Ginette Sarcley
- Christian Bujeau as Jean-Pierre Goulard
- Isabelle Nanty as Fabienne Morlot
Themes
- servant
- time travel
- clumsy fellow
- middle ages (476-1453)
- nobility
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jean-Marie Poiré
- Written by
- Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier
- Produced by
- Alain Terzian
- Starring
- Christian Clavier Jean Reno Valérie Lemercier Marie-Anne Chazel Christian Bujeau Isabelle Nanty Didier Pain
- Cinematography
- Jean-Yves Le Mener
- Edited by
- Catherine Kelber
- Music by
- Eric Lévi ( Era ), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Production companies
- Gaumont France 3 Cinéma Alplles Productions Amigo Productions
- Distributed by
- Gaumont Buena Vista International
- Release date
- 27 January 1993 ( 1993-01-27 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Budget
- $9.5 million
- Box office
- $98.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Les Visiteurs ( French pronunciation: [le vizitœʁ]; English: The Visitors) is a 1993 French fantasy comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It stars the duo of Christian Clavier and Jean Reno, and Valérie Lemercier. It also features Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Bujeau, Isabelle Nanty and Didier Pain in supporting roles. In the film, a 12th-century knight and his squire travel in time to the end of the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society.
Les Visiteurs was the highest-grossing film in France in 1993 and remains one of the highest-grossing films in the country today. The publicity for the film used the tagline Ils ne sont pas nés d'hier ("They weren't born yesterday"). After its box office success, the film was nominated eight times for the 19th César Awards. It won the César for Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Valérie Lemercier. The success of the film and its cliffhanger ending led to a sequel, The Visitors 2: The Corridors of Time, which was itself followed by a third film, The Visitors: Bastille Day, forming a trilogy, entirely produced by Jean-Marie Poiré. The film also has an English-language remake Just Visiting. The castle of Ermenonville in the Oise département served as the set for the castle of Montmirail in the modern day and the Cité de Carcassonne for the medieval castle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Les Visiteurs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.