I accidentally re-viewed this movie and to my surprise, it's humor worked out as a wonderful antidote to the recent painful terror we had to witness in Paris. Here too bandits with Middle East connections try to turn the French capital and its surroundings (near Oisors and Chaumont) in an unsafe place. More ironically, the film kicks off in New York, providing 7 shots of the Twin Towers. Contemporary discrimination, cultural prejudices and even corruption are ridiculed well. Main actor Louis de Funès is - even then at 58 years of age - a genuine example of an ADHD disorder. Appealing scenes with the 'almost car of the 20th century' Citroën DS helped well to get an authentic perception of France in the seventies.
