History Film / Jo

* TheGhost: The eponymous "Monsieur Jo". [[spoiler:He isn't even the corpse...]]

* NervousWreck: Antoine Brisebard. He's played by Louis de Funès, after all.

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as ''Joe: The Busy Body'' or ''The Gazebo''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Creator/ClaudeGensac, Creator/BernardBlier, Creator/MichelGalabru, Guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as ''Joe: The Busy Body'' or ''The Gazebo''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Creator/BernardBlier, Creator/MichelGalabru, Guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

* ConstructiveBodyDisposal: Brisebard's first attempt to hide the body in the foundation of the gazebo being built. However as the corpse decomposes cracks begin to appear in the foundation, and he has to come up with a new plan.

Not be confused with the French television series ''Series/{{Jo}}''.

** Tonelotti. When delivering the gazebo with his truck, Tonelotti smashes Brisebard's property door. He then proceeds to carefully drive over it. Later on, upon discovering the empty grave at the gazebo site, Tonelotti confronts Brisebard about it, calling it a hole, even pointing out it is large enough to fit a man in it [[spoiler:and tells Brisebard he resealed it]]. He also finds Brisebard's shovel and takes it because he mistakenly thinks it's his work tool. He then brings it back at Brisebard's garden party at the exact moment where he discuss with Inspector Ducros. He then proceeds to complain about the hole and actually wants to involve the police about it when Brisebard mentions Ducros being a cop.

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as ''Joe: The Busy Body'' or ''The Gazebo''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier, Creator/MichelGalabru, Guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Leduc and Grand-Louis, who come to fetch Riri's money (and thank Brisebard for having done the dirty work in their place).

* {{Foreshadowing}}

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: How the protagonist keeps the audience's sympathy despite planning a murder: when confronted with his blackmailer, he just can't go through it and drops his gun... which discharges accidentally an InstantDeathBullet.

* OneWordTitle: It's an AntagonistTitle, and its his first, or last name.

** Tonelotti. When delivering the gazebo with his truck, Tonelotti smashes Brisebard's property door. He then proceeds to carefully drive over it. Later on, upon discovering the empty grave at the gazebo site, Tonelotti confronts Brisebard about it, calling it a hole and even pointing out it is large enough to fit a man in it [[spoiler: and tells Brisebard he resealed it]]. He also finds Brisebard's shovel and takes it because he mistakenly thinks it's his work tool. He then brings it back at Brisebard's garden party at the exact moment where he discuss with Inspector Ducros. He then proceeds to complain about the hole and actually wants to involve the police about it when Brisebard mentions Ducros being a cop.

-->'''Antoine Brisebard:''' Get me out of here, my god! GET ME OUT OF HERE! ''lightning bolt destroys a statue]'' The Statue? Thank you, my god! THE STATUE!

* FromBadToWorse: Brisebard is a victim of blackmail. Then he kills the blackmailer by accident ([[spoiler:it's in fact on of his goons]]). Then he tries to hide the corpse under a "gloriette" or "gazebo" from the original title of the story ([[spoiler:it breaks the very next day after the gazebo his build and supposed to last for 200 years)]]), next to disguise it as a statue ([[spoiler:the plaster falls off]]) and finally to lock him in a trunk ([[spoiler:they don't succeed to dispose of it]]).

* GrandRomanticGesture: A bit of a stretch, but Antoine has done all this just to [[spoiler:protect his wife career if anyone learn her father was a gangster and murderer]].

-->'''Colas:''' Why? He does want to commit the "perfect crime?\\

[[FromBadToWorse Things will not really work as planned]]...

* FromBadToWorse: Brisebard is a victim of blackmail. Then he kills the blackmailer (by accident). Then things would be much simpler if the body didn't keep showing up at the most inappropriate moments and if more and more people didn't keep coming into his house...

* ItsForABook: Brisebard's whole pretext for looking into how to make the perfect crime is "It's for a play."

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Leduc and Grand-Louis, who come to fetch Riri's money (and thank Brisebard for having done the dirty work in their place).

Antoine Brisebard (De Funès), a famous playwright, is struggling with financial difficulties and is preparing to sell his country villa to an English couple, the Grunders. What no-one knows, however, is that Brisebard is actually a victim of {{blackmail}} since his wife Sylvie (Claude Gensac), a famous actress, is the daughter of a notorious robber-murderer. The malevolent is a criminal extortionist only known as "Monsieur Jo", who visits him often to pick up his hush money.

* BilingualBonus: Mr Grunder mostly speaks English, despite understanding perfectly French.

* FromBadToWorse: Brisebard is a victim of blackmail. Then he kills the blackmailer (by accident). Then tings would be much simpler if the body didn't keep showing up at the most inappropriate moments and if more and more people didn't keep coming into his house...

* IKissYourHand: The Gendarme (Paul Préboist) to Mme Brisebard... until her husband gets fed up and shoo him away.

* LadyDrunk: Mrs Grunder is always drunk.

** Tonelotti. When delivering the gazebo with his truck, Tonelotti smashes Brisebard's property door. He then proceeds to carefuly drive over it. Later on, upon discovering the empty grave at the gazebo site, Tonelotti confronts Brisebard about it, calling it a hole and even pointing out it is large enough to fit a man in it [[spoiler: and tells Brisebard he resealed it]]. He also finds Brisebard's shovel and takes it because he mistakenly thinks it's his work tool. He then brings it back at Brisebard's garden party at the exact moment where he discuss with Inspector Ducros. He then proceeds to complain about the hole and actually wants to involve the police about it when Brisebard mentions Ducros being a cop.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Leduc and Grand-Louis, who come to fetch Riri's money (and thank Brisebard for having done the dirty work in their place).
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''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as ''Joe: The Busy Body'' or ''The Gazebo''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier, Michel Galabru, Guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as '''''Joe: The Busy Body''''' or '''''The Gazebo'''''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier, Michel Galabru, Guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

Antoine Brisebard (De Funès), a famous playwright, is struggling with financial difficulties and is preparing to sell his country villa to an English couple, the Grunders. What no one knows, however, is that Brisebard is actually a victim of {{blackmail}} since his wife Sylvie (Claude Gensac), a famous actress, is the daughter of a notorious robber-murderer. The malevolent is a criminal extortionist only known as "Monsieur Jo", who visits him often to pick up his hush money.

!!''Jo'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* FromBadToWorse: Brisebard is a victim of blackmail. Then he kills the blackmailer. Then tings would be much simpler if the body didn't keep showing up at the most inappropriate moments and if more and more people didn't keep coming into his house...

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as '''''Joe: The Busy Body''''' or '''''The Gazebo'''''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier, Michel Galabru, guy Tréjean and Ferdy Mayne.

''Jo'' is a French BlackComedy film released in 1971. It is also known in English-language territories either as '''''Joe: The Busy Body''''' or '''''The Gazebo'''''. It is the second adaptation of the play ''The Gazebo'' by Alec Coppel and Myra Coppel. It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac, Bernard Blier, Michel Galabru and Ferdy Mayne.

* TheGhost: The eponymous "Monsieur Jo". [[spoiler:He isn't even the body...]]