L’emmerdeur (A Pain in the A...), a French movie in the genre of black comedy directed by Edouard Molinaro will be screened at 3.00 pm on Tuesday November 24 and 6.30 pm on Wednesday November 25 at the Alliance Francais..
Professional hit man Ralf Milan takes a room in a hotel opposite the law courts in Montpellier - his mission: to assassinate a key witness in a gangland trial. In an adjacent room, François Pignon is about to commit suicide. Now that his wife has abandoned him for another man, he has no reason to live, so he tries to hang himself. The attempt fails, and the result is a burst water pipe that starts to flood Milan’s room.
To keep the authorities away, Milan has no other option than to deal with Pignon himself. Having come to regard Milan as a friend, Pignon appeals to him to help him repair his broken marriage and his broken life. To keep his nuisance neighbour quiet, Milan can only agree, but all too soon his patience is tested to its very limit – and beyond...
Adapted from a popular stage play by Francis Veber , the film was produced in 1973. |
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