STRUGGLE FOR LIFE (2016) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Antonin Peretjatko
Vincent Macaigne, Vimala Pons, Pascal Légitimus
Mathieu Amalric, Rodolphe Pauly, Fred Tousch
A French/Belgian comedy about a government intern who's dispatched to the Amazon to see that a proposed indoor ski resort meets all the official standards and guidelines. He's determined to do everything by the book, no matter what. What he doesn't count on is meeting a woman named Tarzan and the two of them getting lost in the jungle together. The humor leans toward slapstick - some of it's downright cartoonish - which is fine if that's what you feel like watching. It's a case of bureaucracy gone crazy in a place where rules don't apply, and a lot of it's absurdly funny. Plus, there's Vimala Pons, with her long legs, no-bullshit manner and endless supply of hand-rolled cigarettes. If you had to be stuck in the Amazon for a while, she's a girl you wouldn't mind being stuck with. The original title is "La Loi de la Jungle", or "The Law of the Jungle", which is a much better title and makes way more sense than "Struggle For Life".
