Adémaï bandit d'honneur

"Adhemai" is pleasant spoof on the Corsican Vendetta ;Noel-Noel is not unlike Bourvil:he plays the naive peasant who's never got a clue what's happening around him.

Ademai is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica,invited by his family ;when he arrives,much to his surprise,all the male relatives have just been shot :only Angelico,a very old man,survives .So what is he expected to do about it? Revenge ,on this paradisaic island, is a dish best eaten hot,and it's his turn.Fortunately,his "ennemy" is none other than a friend from his army days;and the police sergeant is none other than their former warrant officer.To make the matters worse,the two pals are in love with Ademai's cousin Fortunata.

This is Gilles Grangier's first effort;this director was despised by the highbrows,but his thrillers from the fifties need reassessment.

Escapist cinema,at a time the French were not smiling.