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The Visitors: Bastille Day

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The Visitors: Bastille Day
Company typeFilm
IndustryFilm industry
Founded2016
FounderJean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier, Sidonie Dumas, Sylvain Goldberg, Serge de Poucques
ProductsComedy film

The Visitors: Bastille Day (original French title: Les Visiteurs: La Révolution) is a comedy film from 2016, produced through a collaboration between French, Belgian, and Czech studios and directed by Jean-Marie Poiré.

This movie represents the third chapter in the Les Visiteurs series, succeeding the 1998 sequel The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time and the initial 1993 release.

The production team includes Sidonie Dumas of Gaumont, Sylvain Goldberg and Serge de Poucques from Nexus Factory, Christian Clavier representing Ouille Productions, alongside Jean-Marie Poiré. The screenplay was co-authored by Poiré and Clavier, maintaining their creative partnership established in the earlier films.

Among the cast, only three actors return from previous entries: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, and Marie-Anne Chazel. Clavier and Reno continue portraying their iconic characters—Godefroy de Montmirail, the medieval knight, and his squire Jacquouille la Fripouille. Fresh faces joining the ensemble include Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard, Sylvie Testud, Ary Abittan, Alex Lutz, and Pascal N'Zonzi.

Filming took place from April to June 2015 across locations in the Czech Republic and Belgium. This installment is notable for being the second in the franchise not filmed on French soil, following the 2001 American remake Just Visiting. Additionally, it marked Jean-Marie Poiré's return to directing after nearly fourteen years. Despite a production budget of $27 million, The Visitors: Bastille Day did not meet commercial expectations, earning only $18.6 million and receiving unfavorable critiques within France.

Plot

During the second film, Béatrice de Montmirail (portrayed by Muriel Robin) accidentally mixes Grand Marnier into a time-travel elixir. As a result, medieval knight Godefroy de Montmirail and his servant Jacquouille la Fripouille are transported to 1793 amid the turmoil of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. There, they cross paths with Jacquouillet—Jacquouille's descendant who serves as a public prosecutor—and one of Godefroy’s descendants attempting to flee revolutionary chaos. Together, they endeavor to help him escape while searching for a successor of Eusæbius the Enchanter to facilitate their journey back to their original era.

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