by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
Basically an updated take on "Bringing Up Baby," this screwy French comedy centers on the travails of a paleontologist (Gerard Depardieu) whose delight at finding the skeleton of the first French woman is dampened by the presence of an aggressive advertising executive (Sigourney Weaver) who is determined to exploit the find to sell her perfume. Both of the rivals also compete to earn a generous grant from an aging philanthropist (Dr.Ruth Westheimer).
characteristics
- Perfume
- Mistaken-identity
- Sabotage
- Saboteur
- Search
- Screwball
- Missing-link
- Infatuation
- Anthropology
- Anthropologist
- Battle-of-the-sexes
- Exploit
