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Synopsis:
French
writer-director
Jean-Marie
Poiré
retools
his
1993
European
box-office
hit
comedy,
LES
VISITEURS,
with
the
two
original
stars,
Jean
Reno
(THE
PROFESSIONAL)
and
Christian
Clavier
(who
co-wrote
both
films
and
is
France's
answer
to
Jim
Carrey)
reprising
their
roles.
On
the
eve
of
his
wedding,
12th
Century
knight
Count
Thibault
of
Malfete
(Reno),
mistakenly
kills
his
beloved
Princess
Rosalind
(Christina
Applegate),
while
under
an
evil
spell.
Grief-stricken,
Thibault
enlists
a
wizard
(Malcolm
McDowell)
to
send
him
back
in
time
to
avert
the
murder.
When
the
wizard's
potion
malfunctions,
Thibault
and
his
faithful
servant,
André
(Clavier)
are
deposited
in
21st
Century
Chicago,
where
they
meet
museum
curator
Julia
Malfete
(Applegate),
who
is
the
living
image
of
Rosalind.
Believing
Thibault
to
be
an
eccentric
cousin,
Julia
takes
the
bewildered
Frenchmen
home,
where
they
encounter
(and
destroy)
a
vast
array
of
modern
conveniences.
Desperate
to
return
to
his
proper
time,
Thibault
enlists
Julia's
help
against
the
wishes
of
her
controlling,
money-hungry
fiancé,
Hunter
(Matthew
Ross).
Meanwhile,
André
falls
for
a
pretty,
free-spirited
gardener,
Angelique
(Tara
Reid).
This
slapstick,
fish-out-of-water
comedy-fantasy
introduces
American
audiences
to
one
of
the
French
film
industry's
most
successful
writer-director-comedian
teams.
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