La Cité de la Peur
La Cité de la peur ( "The City of Fear"), also known as Le film de Les Nuls ("The Les Nuls Movie"), is a 1994 French comedy film written by and starring Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat and Dominique Farrugia of the comedy group Les Nuls, and directed by Alain Berbérian in 1994.
Plot
The film opens with the last minutes of Red is Dead. In their bloody house, Sandy (de Fougerolles) and Ben (Farrugia) congratulate themselves on their defeat of Youri, the communist killer who murdered their entire family, and who is now lying on the floor, apparently dead. Sandy goes to have a bath while Ben cleans the house in preparation for a dinner they have tonight. When Sandy comes out of the bathroom, she is attacked by a very alive Youri. Ben tries to protect her and accidentally kills her. He rushes out of the house and struggles to find the keys to open his convertible car. When he finally succeeds, the killer is only a few feet away from him. Ben, however, remembers with horror that he has forgotten to turn the vacuum cleaner off, and runs back to the house, knocking Youri into a conveniently placed petroleum puddle with the car door. After turning the vacuum cleaner off, he runs back to the car, where a phone call warns him that Youri is standing behind him. Ben fights Youri with his car phone, and manages to send him back into the puddle before setting it on fire.
Cast
- Alain Chabat
- Artus de Penguern
- Chantal Lauby
- Daniel Gélin
- Dominique Besnehard
- Dominique Farrugia
- Eddy Mitchell
- Éric Prat
- Fedele Papalia
- Florence Viala
- Géraldine Bonnet-Guérin
- Gérard Darmon
- Hélène de Fougerolles
- James Cameron
- Jean-Christophe Bouvet
- Jean-Pierre Bacri
- Jean-Pierre Thorn
- Les Nuls
- Marc de Jonge
- Olivier Doran
- Patrick Steltzer
- Rosanna Arquette
- Sam Karmann
- Sophie Mounicot
- Tchéky Karyo
- Valérie Lemercier