La Chèvre (English title: Knock on Wood, literal translation: The
Goat) is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber, starring
Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu. It is the first of three films
featuring Richard and Depardieu as a comic duo.An American remake of
this film was made in 1991, starring Martin Short and Danny Glover,
entitled Pure Luck.La Chèvre features Depardieu as the tough-guy
private detective Campana, hired to find Marie, the daughter of a rich
businessman, who has mysteriously disappeared while vacationing in
Mexico. The case turns out to be complicated â€" several attempts to
find her have already failed. A psychologist, Meyer, who works for the
businessman, suggests a plan. Marie is known to be extremely unlucky
and accident-prone; the psychologist advises sending someone equally
accident-prone to find her, on the theory that what happened to her
may also happen to him, and thus, following her steps while the
detective tags along, the daughter can be found and returned home.
Richard's character Perrin is an awkward, accident-prone accountant
who works for the businessman, and is chosen to implement the scheme.
The adventures of an odd duo begin...The movie is sadly infamous in
Italy for an arson in a cinema in Turin in which it was projected,
killing 74 people. La Chèvre Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter