3 European comedies you shouldn't miss

3 European comedies you shouldn't miss

One of the most enjoyable things for humans is comedy. Whether in books, cartoons, TV or movies, satires in which we see ourselves or some stereotypical behavior or situation depicted cause us to laugh.  These works, intended specifically to stimulate our brains in such a way as to generate the pleasing action of laughter, are not simplistic; in fact, they are perhaps the most difficult to accomplish. Ever since the era of silent film, comedy has played an important role in cinematic history, with names ranging from Charles Chaplin and W.C. Fields to Louis de Funès, Peter Sellers, Rowan Atkinson, Madeline Kahn, and Roberto Benigni. These are three European comedies noone should miss.  

Micmacs

Directed by the renowned French director Jean Pierre Jeunet, Micmacscriticizesthe business of arms trafficking through hilarious characters and comical adventures. In the movie, the main character, Bazil, has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco, and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, he wanders the streets until he meets a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

This Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvaris aboutthe unusual, comical criss-crossing of different lives. The story tells the life of a woman abandoned by her lover,whom she tries to contact to find out why he left. She confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she is. Meanwhile, her girlfriend is afraid the police are looking for her because of her boyfriend's criminal activities. They talk to a female lawyer, who turns out to be the lover's new lover, and everyone's path keeps crossing one another in a very complicated,hilarious manner.

Withnail And I

This black comedy is a pure representation of British humor and has become a cult film for those fond of European comedies. The plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and “I,” who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town while waiting for their careers to take off. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to acountry cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, and drive there. The holiday is less relaing than they expected.