Comperes (Les Compres) (Blu-ray)

2K Restoration by Gaumont! In Les Compres, filmmaker Francis Veber (writer of La Cage aux Folles) ingeniously blends elements of buddy movies, thrillers and teen comedy into an endearing French screwball classic. The comic chemistry of Pierre Richard (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) and Grard Depardieu (Camille Claudel, Green Card), introduced in Vebers La Chvre, here energizes this antic adventure with infectious charisma and sincerity. When her 16-year-old son runs away from their Paris home, Christine (Anna Duperey, You Aint Seen Nothin Yet) sidesteps her stubborn husband and separately convinces two former lovers that they are each the boys father. Duped into a sense of responsibility for a son they never knew, brawling newspaperman Lucas (Depardieu) and fragile neurotic Pignon (Richard) follow the boys trail to Nice and proceed to pack decades worth of dubious parenting into a few manic days battling Riviera bikers, casino racketeers and most often each other. Depardieu an