As the most authoritative film magazine in France, the film works in the "Film Manual" are not randomly selected, and most of the selected works are obscure literary films.
And there is such a comedy film, which was selected as the top ten of the year in the "Film Handbook".
The Law of the Jungle
Among the many literary and artistic sullen films, "The Law of the Jungle" seems so out of place.
However, being able to obtain the affirmation of France's most authoritative "film manual" shows that "The Law of the Jungle" has its own superiority.
Comedy is its cloak, and satire bureaucracy is at its core.
The male protagonist, Sadani, is a middle-aged dick with a Mediterranean hairstyle, a beard, and has not had sex for 18 years.
He was an intern in the government's "Standards Department" for 8 years, and still has not been regularized.
It was only because he was late for the meeting that he was sent to French Guiana by the leader.
The leader gave him the task of going there to build a ski resort.
In the tropical rainforest amazon river, build a ski resort, the leader's intentions can be imagined.
After many twists and turns, Sadanny finally reached his destination.
At the door of the council, he met the heroine Ofazan, who was also an intern.
Dazaner, known as "Tarzan", usually has a cigarette in his mouth and is a straightforward woman.
She was originally an engineer responsible for the renovation of gardens in the Tropical Council of Guyana and is now Chadani's driver.
As soon as he appeared, he gave Shadani a disjunctive: "a knife flow".
Although the first sight of the two was not pleasant, the next day Darzanel sent Sadani to the ski resort site as promised.
On the way back from the jungle expedition, the group encountered robbery.
This directly frightened Shandani and Dazam, and they chose to call the police.
But just waiting for a phone call takes 13 hours and 53 minutes.
After despair, the two choose to rely on each other for a senseless adventure.
They have gone through all kinds of difficulties, not only to solve the problem of food and water, but also to fight the monkeys, spiders and pythons in the jungle.
It was hard to meet humans, and I was also infused with super aphrodisiacs.
Ironically, when Schardan wants to burn himself, he still remembers his duty, never forgets to write a report to the government, and tries to ignore the restless sexiness behind it.
But! Dry firewood fire this thing is typing can be transferred?
Dazzil used an excuse to apply mosquito repellent, and in minutes, Shadani broke the work.
After a night of tossing and turning, the two also gradually fell in love.
Bidding farewell to the anarchists, the two meet a group of fanatical religious elements.
If you don't agree with a word, you will come to eat people's brains, and the director's brain hole is also convincing enough.
As a comedy, funny shots can be seen everywhere.
It can be said that it is a small laugh in three minutes, a big hi in five minutes, and a high-energy no urine point throughout the whole process.
In the isolated primeval jungle, on the one hand, the corrupt behavior of the French government, on the other hand, all kinds of difficult efforts to survive, what is the courage to live and the meaning of living?
The director never mentions these things, but little by little injects them into the cowardly shell of the male protagonist.
The two lay naked on the boat, their clothes taken off like shackles to be taken off, and in the jungle Sadani enjoyed the meaning of being alive: enjoying sex wantonly, laughing wildly, loving people wantonly.
The director once said something about the film: "Paris, is another jungle." ”
The laws of the steel jungle are cruel, suffocating people to eliminate themselves, the laws of the natural jungle are real, let people understand the true meaning of life, this is probably the difference between the two jungles.
At the end of the film, Chadani gets the government's certificate that he is still alive, but he chooses to return to Guyana with Darzan and throws the burning certificate on the river...
Although this is a 2016 comedy, the way Law of the Jungle creates comedic effects is very retro.
It's easy to think of the old-school nonsense comedies of "Tiger's Mouth Escape" and "Unprecedented Flying in the Sky".
Moreover, there is no shortage of welfare shots and bridges in the film, which is simply a proper stress reduction artifact.