Chichester Cinema at New Park
Nothing to Declare
- Rien à Déclarer
A Belge-Francophobe customs officer is forced to team up with a Frenchman during the elimination of the Franco-Belge borders in the 90s.
Danny Boon (‘Welcome to the Sticks’) in his fourth comedy reaches back to the Bard for one of the main strands of his latest film, the star-crossed lovers from two rival Houses except the rivals are not so much Houses as countries, France and Belgium respectively, set in a rural town that straddles the border between France and Belgium and with rival Custom Offices!
Striving for authenticity Boon has cast some bone fide Belgian actors in the shape of Benoit Pooleverde and Olivier Gourmet. The latter achieved success as a comedian in the Lous de Funes mould and is now back in his natural habitat as a French-hating Belgian Customs official.
Trouble is his sister Louise is in love with his Frnech counterpart, Boon and vice versa. Their simmering rivalry is brought to a head when, on the eve of closure, they are teamed against their will as a task force to combat smuggling. (Subtitles)
France · 2011 · Danny Boon · 108min
