History Film / PouicPouic

* {{Fainting}}: At the very end, [[spoiler:when the concession turns out to be a massive "gold-mine" of oil, Léonard learns it... after he has sold it to Antoine Brévin]].

* ManipulativeBastard: Léonard Monestier tries to con his friend Antoine Brévin into buying a concession of land without ressources: he uses Antoine's crush on his daughter Patricia and his son Paul's [[spoiler:fake]] trip to Venezuela.

-->-- '''Cynthia Monestier'''[[note]]It makes a LOT of sense in context[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350: De Funes rises to stardom]]

''Pouic-Pouic'' is a 1963 French comedy film starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/MireilleDarc.

Patricia Monestier (Darc) is the daughter of Léonard Monestier (De Funès), a rich speculator. She is tired of Antoine's courtship. Therefore, she hires Simon Guilbaud to pretend he is her husband. Her father comes back home and he is very angry to hear that her daughter has married someone without his permission. Meanwhile, Cynthia, Léonard's wife, has bought a concession in South America as a present for her husband's birthday. Léonard is convinced she was conned by the seller, so he wants to resell the concession to Antoine. Therefore, he asks her daughter Patricia to charm Antoine and he asks Simon to pretend he is his own son coming back from South America.

* TheDitz: Cynthia. She is conned by Pedro Caselli and she buys the concession. Later, her husband has a hard time explaining his plan to her (in particular the fact that Simon will pretend to be their son). Her attachment to Pouic-Pouic, her pet rooster, makes her almost a CloudCuckoolander.

-->'''Léonard Monestier''': My concession... ''[angrier]'' MY CONCESSION ''[[[MinionMaracas grabs his butler Charles and starts shaking him]]]''\\

'''Charles''': Then I must've forgotten to...\\
'''Simon Guillaud:''' ''[speaking with the microphone with a booming voice coming from the radio]'' To switch off the micro![[DeadpanSnarker Not bad... but you should have warned us, pal.]]\\

* TheDitz: Cynthia. She is conned by Pedro Caselli and she buys the concession. Later, her husband has a hard time explaining her his plan (in particular the fact that Simon will pretend to be their son). Her attachment to Pouic-Pouic, her pet cock, makes her almost a CloudCuckoolander.

* SpicyLatina: Palma Diamantino, the hoot-blooded South American who tries to charm Paul, Simon and Antoine. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, because she is a {{Fauxreigner}}.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: Léonard plans first to use Patricia's charms to convince Antoine to buy the concession. When Antoine asks him if he was informed about the concession by his son who travels in South America, he answers yes and decides to ask Simon to pretend to be his son. When his real son Paul comes back, Léonard imagines to stage a rivalry between Simon and Paul.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Patricia Monestier is very cold and not interested in love. Finally, she will fall in love with Simon Guilbaud.

* ManipulativeBastard: Léonard Monestier tries to con his friend Antoine Brévin into buying a concession of land without ressources: he uses Antoine's crush on his daughter Patricia and his son Paul's [[spoiler:fake]] trip to Venezuela

* RomanticFakeRealTurn: Patricia and Simon pretend to be married, so that Antoine stops courting Patricia. Finally, they fall in love.

* ConMan: Pedro Caselli, the guy who sells Cynthia a concession in South America.

* TheMark: Antoine, who is tricked into buying the concession by the Monestiers.

* IdleRich: Léonard Monestier's jobs seems to be just a financer and speculator.

* SpicyLatina: Palma Diamantino, the hoot-blooded South American who tries to charm Paul, Simon and Antoine. {{Subverted|Trope}}, because she is a {{Fauxreigner}}.

[[captionright:350: De Funes rises to stardom]]

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Pouic-Pouic is Cynthia's pet cock.

[[caption-width-right:350: But how my Pouic-Pouic can be in the radio ?[[note]]It makes a LOT of sense in context[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: But how my Pouic-Pouic can be in the radio[[note]]It makes a LOT of sense in context[[/note]]]]

* TheDitz: Cynthia. She is conned by Pedro Caselli and she buys the concession. Later, her husband has a hard time explaining her his plan (in particular the fact that Simon will pretend to be their son). Her attachment to Pouic-Pouic, her domestic cock, makes her almost a CloudCuckoolander.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Pouic-Pouic is Cynthia's domestic cock.

* Fauxreigner: Palma is not the South American woman she pretends to be. She is just a French courtesan.