La Chèvre, the Glossary
La Chèvre (English title: Knock on Wood, literal translation: The She-goat) is a 1981 French buddy cop comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Alain Poiré, André Valardy, Buddy cop, Cinema Statuto fire, Comedy film, Corynne Charby, Danny Glover, Detective, English language, Francis Veber, French Canadians, French language, Gérard Depardieu, Maritza Olivares, Martin Short, Mexico, Michel Robin, National Board of Review, National Board of Review Award for Best International Film, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pierre Richard, Psychologist, Pure Luck, Robert Dalban, Sergio Calderón, Spanish language, Turin, Vladimir Cosma.
- 1980s comedy road movies
- Films about accountants
- Films directed by Francis Veber
- Films scored by Vladimir Cosma
- Films with screenplays by Francis Veber
- French adventure comedy films
- French comedy road movies
Alain Poiré
Alain Poiré (13 February 1917 – 14 January 2000) was a French film producer and screenwriter.
André Valardy
André Valardy (born André Knoblauch, '17 May 1938 – 30 April 2007) was a Belgian actor, director and humorist.
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Buddy cop
Buddy cop is a film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process.
Cinema Statuto fire
Cinema Statuto was a movie theater located in Turin, Italy, when on 13 February 1983, at 18:15, during the projection of La Chèvre, a fire caused the death of 64 people as a result of smoke inhalation.
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.
Corynne Charby
Corynne Charby (born 12 July 1960) is a French actress, pop singer and model.
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Danny Glover
Danny Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer and political activist.
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Detective
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Francis Veber
Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright.
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French Canadians
French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century; Canadiens français,; feminine form: Canadiennes françaises), or Franco-Canadians (Franco-Canadiens), are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in France's colony of Canada beginning in the 17th century.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, known to be one of the most prolific in film history.
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Maritza Olivares
Maritza Olivares is a Mexican actress.
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Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian–American comedian, actor, and writer.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Michel Robin
Michel Robin (13 November 1930 – 18 November 2020) was a French film, stage, and television actor.
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National Board of Review
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts.
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National Board of Review Award for Best International Film
The National Board of Review Award for Best International Film (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2022) is one of the annual awards given (since 1934) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Pedro Armendáriz Bohr (April 6, 1940 – December 26, 2011), better known by his stage name Pedro Armendáriz Jr., was a Mexican actor.
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Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films.
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Psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.
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Pure Luck
Pure Luck is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Nadia Tass in her only feature film debut.
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903 – 3 April 1987) was a French actor.
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Sergio Calderón
Sergio Calderón (July 21, 1945 – May 31, 2023) was a Mexican-born American actor known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Men in Black, and The Ruins.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Turin
Turin (Torino) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy.
Vladimir Cosma
Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States.
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See also
1980s comedy road movies
- Cannonball Run II
- Down by Law (film)
- Falling in Love Again (1980 film)
- Homer and Eddie
- Journey with Papa
- La Chèvre
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America
- Losin' It
- Lost in America
- Midnight Run
- Moving (1988 film)
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Never on Tuesday
- Outrageous Fortune (film)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Safari 3000
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
- Speed Zone
- Stranger Than Paradise
- Sunday Drive (film)
- The Cannonball Run
- The Sure Thing
- They Call Me Renegade
- Things Are Tough All Over
- Una botta di vita
Films about accountants
- Belorussian Station
- Central Intelligence
- Cypher (film)
- Fantozzi (film)
- Funland (film)
- Grand Hotel (1932 film)
- La Chèvre
- Look Who's Talking
- Middle Man (film)
- My Awkward Sexual Adventure
- RocknRolla
- She-Devil (1989 film)
- Tamer of Tigers
- The Accountant (2016 film)
- The Accountant 2
- The Art of Self-Defense (2019 film)
- The Playground (film)
- The Producers (1967 film)
- The Untouchables (film)
- The Way Back (2010 film)
Films directed by Francis Veber
- La Chèvre
- Le Jaguar
- Les Compères
- Les Fugitifs
- Out on a Limb (1992 film)
- Ruby & Quentin
- The Closet (2001 film)
- The Dinner Game
- The Toy (1976 film)
- The Valet (2006 film)
- Three Fugitives
Films scored by Vladimir Cosma
- Ace of Aces (1982 film)
- Animal (1977 film)
- Asterix Versus Caesar
- Asterix in Britain (film)
- Banzaï
- Clérambard (film)
- Courage fuyons
- Diva (1981 film)
- Dracula and Son
- Inspector Blunder
- Just the Way You Are (1984 film)
- L'Étudiante (film)
- La Boum
- La Boum 2
- La Chèvre
- La Soif de l'or
- La Totale!
- La dernière bourrée à Paris
- Le Bal (1983 film)
- Le Collectionneur de cerveaux
- Le Distrait
- Le Tiroir secret
- Le bar du téléphone
- Le dossier Toroto
- Le prix du danger
- Les Compères
- Les Rois du gag
- Les Sous-doués en vacances
- Les malheurs d'Alfred
- Lucky Pierre (film)
- Memoirs of a French Whore
- Michel Strogoff (miniseries)
- My Father's Glory (film)
- My Mother's Castle (film)
- Night of the Fox
- P'tit Con
- Pardon Mon Affaire
- Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!
- Santa Claus is a Stinker
- The Closet (2001 film)
- The Dinner Game
- The Frenchman's Son
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
- The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
- The Toy (1976 film)
- The Twin (1984 film)
- The Umbrella Coup
Films with screenplays by Francis Veber
- Coup de tête
- Fear Over the City
- Hold-Up (1985 film)
- L'emmerdeur
- La Cage aux Folles (film)
- La Chèvre
- Le Jaguar
- Le Magnifique
- Les Compères
- Les Fugitifs
- My Father the Hero (1994 film)
- On aura tout vu
- Partners (1982 film)
- Ruby & Quentin
- Sunday Lovers
- The Closet (2001 film)
- The Dinner Game
- The French Detective
- The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
- The Toy (1976 film)
- The Valet (2006 film)
- Three Fugitives
French adventure comedy films
- A Legionnaire
- Amazon (2000 film)
- An Adventurous Automobile Trip
- Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape
- April and the Extraordinary World
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
- Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
- Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
- Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
- Blackie & Kanuto
- Chicken Run
- Fanfan la Tulipe
- Fireheart
- Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure
- Jungle 2 Jungle
- La Chèvre
- La Totale!
- Les Morfalous
- Lovers Like Us
- Passport (1990 film)
- Pirates (1986 film)
- Playmobil: The Movie
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film)
- That Man from Rio
- That Man in Istanbul
- The Amorous Corporal
- The Castaways of Turtle Island
- The Climb (2017 film)
- The Conquerors (2013 film)
- The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
- The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939 film)
- The Four Musketeers (1963 film)
- The Frenchman's Son
- The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak
- Tintin and the Blue Oranges
- Un indien dans la ville
- Up to His Ears
- Viva Maria!
- Zorro (1975 Italian film)
French comedy road movies
- Aaltra
- Artémis, cœur d'artichaut
- Eyjafjallajökull (film)
- Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure
- I'm Dead but I Have Friends
- La Carapate
- La Chèvre
- Microbe & Gasoline
- One Man and His Cow
- Radiostars
- The Conquerors (2013 film)
- The Doom Generation
- The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu
- The Sucker
- Torpedo (2012 film)
- Trafic
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chèvre
Also known as Knock on Wood (1981 film).