Comic Genius of Louis De Funes

If you've ever heard a room of French people burst into laughter at a film from the 1970s, chances are Louis de Funès was on screen. He didn't need crude jokes or clever wordplay — though he could do both. All he needed was a twitch of his eye, a puffed cheek, or a furious rant delivered in machine-gun French. In just a few seconds, he could turn anxiety into absurdity, authority into buffoonery, ...