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An [[ForeignRemake American remake]], ''Film/PureLuck'', was released in 1991.
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An [[ForeignRemake American remake]], ''Film/PureLuck'', was released in 1991. Veber also made a SpiritualAntithesis to this film in 1996, ''Film/LeJaguar''.
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Marie, the daughter of French businessman Alexandre Bens, is kidnapped while she is on holiday in Mexico. Her father hires a detective, Campana (Depardieu), to investigate the case, but he comes back to France empty-handed. Mr Bens then decides to send Campana back to Mexico with one of his employees, François Perrin (Richard), because he noticed that François Perrin is as unlucky as his daughter, so he thinks he might encounter the same problems as she did.
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Marie, the daughter of French businessman Alexandre Bens, is kidnapped while she is on holiday in Mexico.UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}. Her father hires a detective, Campana (Depardieu), to investigate the case, but he comes back to France empty-handed. Mr Bens then decides to send Campana back to Mexico with one of his employees, François Perrin (Richard), because he noticed that François Perrin is as unlucky as his daughter, so he thinks he might encounter the same problems as she did.
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* UnluckilyLucky: Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound.
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* UnluckilyLucky: Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound. And the bad luck of François helps finding Marie (it's the reason he was brought along to begin with).
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''La Chèvre'' (literally "The Goat"), titled ''Knock on Wood'' internationally, is a 1981 {{French|Films}} comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard. Music/VladimirCosma composed the soundtrack.
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''La Chèvre'' (literally "The Goat"), titled ''Knock on Wood'' internationally, is a 1981 {{French|Films}} comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard.Creator/PierreRichard. Music/VladimirCosma composed the soundtrack.
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* AutomaticDoorMalfunction: The BornUnlucky hero detective Perrin runs into a sliding door at the airport that [[https://youtu.be/QQFgQ1uBQtk?t=87 fails to open]]. This slapstick scene becomes a plot point when Perrin learns from the airport nurse that the missing girl he is after had the same happening to her which provides a lead for him to follow.
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* AutomaticDoorMalfunction: The BornUnlucky hero detective Perrin runs into a sliding door at the airport that [[https://youtu.be/QQFgQ1uBQtk?t=87 fails to open]].open. This slapstick scene becomes a plot point when Perrin learns from the airport nurse that the missing girl he is after had the same happening to her which provides a lead for him to follow.
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* AutomaticDoorMalfunction: The BornUnlucky hero detective Perrin runs into a sliding door at the airport that [[https://youtu.be/QQFgQ1uBQtk?t=87 fails to open]]. This slapstick scene becomes a plot point when Perrin learns from the airport nurse that the missing girl he is after had the same happening to her which provides a lead for him to follow.
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''La Chèvre'' (literally "The Goat"), titled ''Knock on Wood'' internationally, is a 1981 French {{French|Films}} comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard. Music/VladimirCosma composed the soundtrack.
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* BornUnlucky: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, it seems that both Marie Bens and François Perrin are born unlucky, because they constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations. Finally, it turns out that they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, so they are UnluckilyLucky.
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* BornUnlucky: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, it seems that both Marie Bens and François Perrin are born
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* TheJinx: Zig zagged. Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, whereas those around them suffer from more serious consequences.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perrin goes to the brothel. A prostitute and her pimp, Fernando, rob Perrin. → Campana goes to Fernando's gambling club, where he finds Arbal. → Arbal tells them that he gave Marie Bens to Fernando. → Fernando tells the police that Marie's airplane crashed in the tropical forest.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perrin goes to the brothel. A prostitute and her pimp, Fernando, rob Perrin. → Campana goes to Fernando's gambling club, where he finds Arbal. → Arbal tells them that he gave Marie Bens to Fernando. → Fernando tells the police that Marie's airplane crashed in the tropical forest.
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* TheJinx: Zig zagged. Zig-zagged. Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, whereas those around them suffer from more serious severe consequences.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perringoes go to the brothel. A prostitute and her pimp, Fernando, rob Perrin. → Campana goes to Fernando's gambling club, where he finds Arbal. → Arbal tells them that he gave Marie Bens to Fernando. → Fernando tells the police that Marie's airplane crashed in the tropical forest.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perrin
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* PoliceBrutality: Mexican policemen beat Campana when he is under arrest with Perrin, because they are accused of killing Arbal.
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* PoliceBrutality: Mexican policemen police officers beat Campana when he is under arrest with Perrin, Perrin because they are accused of killing Arbal.
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* BeeAfraid: Perrin is allergic to wasp stings. He is stung by a wasp on the plane and starts swelling.
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* PlotAllergy: Perrin is allergic to wasp stings. He is stung by a wasp on the plane and starts swelling.
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''La Chèvre'' (''Knock (literally "The Goat"), titled ''Knock on Wood'') Wood'' internationally, is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard. Music/VladimirCosma composed the soundtrack.
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''La Chèvre'' (''Knock on Wood'') is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard. \n Music/VladimirCosma composed the soundtrack.
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* BeeAfraid: Perrin is allergic to bee stings. He is stung by a bee on the plane and starts swelling.
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* BeeAfraid: Perrin is allergic to bee wasp stings. He is stung by a bee wasp on the plane and starts swelling.
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* ButtMonkey: François Perrin. He sits on a broken chair and collapses. His suitcase is crushed at the airport. He bangs into a sliding door. And this is just the beginning...
* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later, the same accident happens to Perrin and a nurse tells him that the same thing happened to a French girl. So Perrin and Campana have a lead to follow.
* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later, the same accident happens to Perrin and a nurse tells him that the same thing happened to a French girl. So Perrin and Campana have a lead to follow.
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* ButtMonkey: François Perrin. He sits on a broken chair and collapses. He bangs into a sliding door. His suitcase is crushed at the airport. He bangs A lot of salt falls into a sliding door. his eggs. His nose starts bleeding. And this is just the beginning...
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* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later,the same an accident happens to Perrin at the same airport and a nurse tells him that the same thing about what happened to a French girl.Marie Bens. So Perrin and Campana have a lead to follow.
* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later,
* QuicksandSucks: After the murder of Arbal, Perrin quickly sinks into quicksand.
* SouthOfTheBorder: The story takes place in Mexico and it involves a kidnapping.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: Marie Bens is attractive and very clumsy.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Campana does not notice that Arbal is at the gambling club the first time he goes there.
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* MisplacedWildlife: There is a gorilla in the Mexican tropical forest.
* PityTheKidnapper: Marie Bens brings bad luck to her kidnappers. Campana pities Arbal when the kidnapper tells him that this girl only brought trouble for him.
* PoliceBrutality: Mexican policemen beat Campana when he is under arrest with Perrin, because they are accused of killing Arbal.
* PityTheKidnapper: Marie Bens brings bad luck to her kidnappers. Campana pities Arbal when the kidnapper tells him that this girl only brought trouble for him.
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''La Chèvre'' (''Knock on Wood'') is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Creator/FrancisVeber, starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Pierre Richard.
Marie, the daughter of French businessman Alexandre Bens, is kidnapped while she is on holiday in Mexico. Her father hires a detective, Campana (Depardieu), to investigate the case, but he comes back to France empty-handed. Mr Bens then decides to send Campana back to Mexico with one of his employees, François Perrin (Richard), because he noticed that François Perrin is as unlucky as his daughter, so he thinks he might encounter the same problems as she did.
An [[ForeignRemake American remake]], ''Film/PureLuck'', was released in 1991.
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!!''La Chèvre'' provides examples of:
* BornUnlucky: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, it seems that both Marie Bens and François Perrin are born unlucky, because they constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations. Finally, it turns out that they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, so they are UnluckilyLucky.
* BuddyPicture: Campana and François Perrin, two very different guys, have to work together to find back Marie Bens.
* ButtMonkey: François Perrin. He sits on a broken chair and collapses. His suitcase is crushed at the airport. He bangs into a sliding door. And this is just the beginning...
* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later, the same accident happens to Perrin and a nurse tells him that the same thing happened to a French girl. So Perrin and Campana have a lead to follow.
* DamselInDistress: Marie Bens is kidnapped in the beginning. Campana and Perrin have to find her and free her.
* TheJinx: Zig zagged. Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, whereas those around them suffer from more serious consequences.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perrin goes to the brothel. A prostitute and her pimp, Fernando, rob Perrin. → Campana goes to Fernando's gambling club, where he finds Arbal. → Arbal tells them that he gave Marie Bens to Fernando. → Fernando tells the police that Marie's airplane crashed in the tropical forest.
* PrivateDetective: Campana is a private investigator. Alexandre Bens hires him to investigate the kidnapping of his daughter.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Campana, a badass detective, has to work with François Perrin, a clumsy accountant, to find Marie Bens.
* UnluckilyLucky: Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound.
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Marie, the daughter of French businessman Alexandre Bens, is kidnapped while she is on holiday in Mexico. Her father hires a detective, Campana (Depardieu), to investigate the case, but he comes back to France empty-handed. Mr Bens then decides to send Campana back to Mexico with one of his employees, François Perrin (Richard), because he noticed that François Perrin is as unlucky as his daughter, so he thinks he might encounter the same problems as she did.
An [[ForeignRemake American remake]], ''Film/PureLuck'', was released in 1991.
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!!''La Chèvre'' provides examples of:
* BornUnlucky: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, it seems that both Marie Bens and François Perrin are born unlucky, because they constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations. Finally, it turns out that they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, so they are UnluckilyLucky.
* BuddyPicture: Campana and François Perrin, two very different guys, have to work together to find back Marie Bens.
* ButtMonkey: François Perrin. He sits on a broken chair and collapses. His suitcase is crushed at the airport. He bangs into a sliding door. And this is just the beginning...
* ChekhovsGun: In the beginning, Marie Bens bangs into a sliding door at the airport. Later, the same accident happens to Perrin and a nurse tells him that the same thing happened to a French girl. So Perrin and Campana have a lead to follow.
* DamselInDistress: Marie Bens is kidnapped in the beginning. Campana and Perrin have to find her and free her.
* TheJinx: Zig zagged. Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound, whereas those around them suffer from more serious consequences.
* LinkedListClueMethodology: The police officer at the airport tells Campana that Marie Bens was with Arbal. → Campana meets the police officer who has tried to arrest Arbal for five years. The policeman tells him that he lived with a prostitute. → Campana and Perrin goes to the brothel. A prostitute and her pimp, Fernando, rob Perrin. → Campana goes to Fernando's gambling club, where he finds Arbal. → Arbal tells them that he gave Marie Bens to Fernando. → Fernando tells the police that Marie's airplane crashed in the tropical forest.
* PrivateDetective: Campana is a private investigator. Alexandre Bens hires him to investigate the kidnapping of his daughter.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Campana, a badass detective, has to work with François Perrin, a clumsy accountant, to find Marie Bens.
* UnluckilyLucky: Both Marie Bens and François Perrin constantly find themselves in very uncomfortable situations, but they are always lucky enough to get out of it safe and sound.
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