La Folie des grandeurs, a very free adaptation of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, was released in 1971 and, as luck would have it, is a masterpiece. It wasn't until the coronavirus invaded our shores that an article was devoted to this monument to French comic cinema in Le Regard Libre. I'm ashamed, because there are so many things I could say to explain why films like this can no longer be made today. The talent of Louis de Funès, a soundtrack by Michel Polnareff and lightness for the times: these are just some of the ingredients in the recipe for this farce.
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