Janis Et John is a french movie directed and written by Samuel Benchetrit, Janis Et John, meaning Janis and John is a must see movie for all fans of world-comedy.
Plot:
Pablo Sterni (Sergi López) is an insurance agent who is tired of his dull routine daily life and tries his luck to make easy money by collecting premiums of low risk clients. All is well until one day the scheme blows up when a whimsical client makes a claim of half million francs after his car is damaged (smashed).
Pablo is caught and this could end him up in jail and mess his already messed life more, at this time enters a new character, Pablo's distant cousin Léon (Christopher Lambert). He is a slightly retarded man who lives alone the hope of meeting Janis Joplin and John lennon (both already dead) one day based on encounter he had nearly thirty years ago... he opens a shop dealing merchandise related to Janis and John only... to Pablo's surprise Léon inherits a million francs which God knows how Léon is going to spend...
Pablo tries his last chance in the hope to acquire the money from his cousin by finding a pair of Lennon and Joplin look-a-likes and take the money from Léon's inheritance. His wife Brigitte (Marie Trintignant) refuses to act like the modern-free-and independent role of Janis Joplin but gives up in front of her husband's persuading. He hires a John lennon look-a-like Walter Kingkate (François Cluzet) an unemployed actor(My fav in the trio). After several tries of training them both, things begin to work out, ehm-eh...no they begin to mess up when Walter and Brigitte begin to take their characters too seriously, Brigitte finds a new breath life in this impersonation of Janis and Walter is in league of his own, find out what happens next... ^_~
Trailer
I think it's a pretty crappy review though, here is a link on youtube, if you are lucky enough, you'll get to see it before it is taken down by youtube :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdpACsq6-xQ&feature=related
P.S. Press the CC button for the English sub... Hint: It's the second button to HQ
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