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La Zizanie

1978 · Film · 90 min

Directed by Claude Zidi

Comedy

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

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  1. NeutralnosianuMay 28, 2025

    That reminds me of a Louis de Funès movie ("La Zizanie", film de Claude Zidi de 1978)

    Air cleaning scene: https://youtu.be/lpmxrgrbKDc (French)

    (He was responsible for first poisoning the air by burning tires, so that he could demonstrate his machine to the potential Japanese investors)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Zizanie_(film)

    This Audi proposal is somewhat similar in my mind. They want to profit from both parts, providing both the problem and the solution. I'm not against it per se.