#Victor Pivert

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Si Farès se retrouvait dans une pièce avec Slimane, Pivert et un revolver chargé avec deux balles, il tirerait deux fois sur Pivert.

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Introductory post

Introduction to ‘Les Cinq’

‘Les Cinq’ Masterpost

🐺🏗️💥 Les Cinq contre le loup-garou

Original publication date: 1985 (France), never published in the UK

(Original cover by Annie-Claude Martin, 1985)

This is the last book in the continuation series written by Claude Voilier, and it has quite an odd theme compared to the other volumes in the series, with its backdrop of environmentalism versus industrialism. Not something I expected to find in a Famous Five book!

Without further ado, let’s see what awaits our protagonists for this last adventure, Famous Five vs the Werewolf.

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Plot summary:

(Disclaimer: All provided translations are my own.)

The Five are spending the summer holidays at Kirrin Cottage. An individual calling himself the Werewolf is making headline news by violently opposing the many new hotels, supermarkets, leisure facilities and amenities that are being built in the area in order to attract tourists, whom he calls ‘foreigners’. He threatens to attack both the developers and the construction sites. The Five agree with the underlying message, as it is indeed a shame when a natural spot is being defiled by modern buildings, but disapprove of the Werewolf’s violent methods. So they set about unmasking this individual, not to hand him over to the police, but to talk them out of their violent actions.

As part of their intimidation campaign, the Werewolf notably kidnaps a wealthy local farmer, Pierre Lacaut, who was planning to sell part of his land to a property developer. Lacaut reappears a couple of days later, claiming to have been abducted by a man wearing a werewolf mask, then held prisoner in a cellar without eating or drinking, before being left on a deserted road. The Werewolf threatened to attack his family and Lacaut now renounces to sell his land.

Elsewhere, a hotel complex is being built on what used to be a communal meadow, and the Werewolf sets about vandalising the site at night, stealing tools, slashing the truck tyres and sabotaging the machinery. The police set up a watchguard, appointing ‘Old Man Mailloche’ for the task, a retired postman whom the Five are friendly with. Days pass with the Werewolf avoiding the now-guarded site and focusing his efforts on other locations, until one night the future hotel blows up in an explosion; Mailloche later reports that he's been drugged and woke up in a nearby field after the events.

(The children help Mailloche recover after being assaulted)

[TRANSLATION: Narrator: The following night, a plastic charge blew up the hotel where Mailloche was working as a watchguard. Anne: How fortunate that you were not injured! Mailloche: Perhaps, but what an affront to me! That wretched Werewolf must have slipped me a sleeping pill. I was half asleep when I saw a man with a werewolf’s head dragging me across the moor... in a wheelbarrow*!] [*Note: This explains Dick’s hilarity in the illustration above – he’s picturing Mailloche in the wheelbarrow.]

The Five try to track down where the Werewolf could have procured his mask, but don’t find any promising leads. They also wonder where he got hold of such explosives. Mailloche suggests that they could be remnants from WW2, as a local guy named Jérémie, who owns a hardware store, is famous for being descended from a former Resistance fighter. Other possible suspects are Victor Pivert, a retired history teacher who loves nature and leads a very solitary life; Ms Robineau, a spinster who’s hostile to any form of innovation; and the Colombet twins, two young bullies who enjoy messing around.

The Five find a way to search the hardware store's cellar, where they think the explosives might be, but their search turns up nothing. On Mailloche’s suggestion, the children investigate an isolated shack that belongs to Jérémie. They find a lighter marked with the initials ‘P.L.’ and deduce that this is where Pierre Lacaut was locked up. Lacaut recognises his lighter, but is reluctant to say anything else for fear of reprisals. The Five tell the police about their find, but when Jérémie is interrogated, he gives a solid alibi. The children are ultimately rebuked for their suspicions.

(A Clue™!)

[TRANSLATION: Narrator: Tim rushed to a door at the back of the hut. After lighting a match, the Five saw that the room was empty... except for one shiny object on the floor: a lighter... Dick: P.L. George: Pierre Lacaut! Narrator (second panel): Ten minutes later at Pierre Lacaut's... Lacaut: I can't deny that this lighter belongs to me. But I have nothing more to say.]

Next, the Five turn their investigations to Victor Pivert, who does seem to hate nature being destroyed for the sake of so-called progress. The children keep an eye on him over the next few days, but when another building site explodes while Pivert is at home, they have to remove him from the list of their suspects.

The children then visit Ms Robineau, offering their help with running a stall at the fair over the next weekend. Ms Robineau turns out to be an eccentric person with a very upbeat personality. During the fair, a business developer is attacked and spectacularly tied up to the church bell’s chain while being made to wear a werewolf mask. This incident exonerates Ms Robineau, who was at her stall the whole time.

(Shenanigans at Ms Robineau’s!)

[TRANSLATION: Narrator: It was a merry band that went to ring the bell at Ms Robineau's house. The "gentle dragon" accepted the Five's offer of service. Ms Robineau: And your dog can chase those who’d to leave without paying... Ha, ha, ha! Narrator (second panel): Ms Robineau, wanting to pet Tim, sprawled out. Narrator (third panel): Tim, excited, finished his antics on a cactus. Tim: Kaiii!]

The Five turn to the last suspects on their list, the Colombet twins, who are a pair of bullies with a very nasty streak. While keeping watch at night, the children see the twins leaving their house on the sly. They follow the suspects into the forest only to see the twins setting some snares – they’re just poachers! Disappointed with this turn of events, which sees all their suspects gone, the Five take petty revenge on the twins for their ill manners.

(As a revenge for their earlier misdemeanours, the Five give a good fright to the twins in the forest)

[TRANSLATION: Narrator: The Colombet twins ran off. George: I think they're too chicken to be the Werewolf.]

After a relaxing day away from their investigation, the Five go to the building site of a future supermarket, which the Werewolf had threatened to attack. Just as they arrive to the location, they see Old Man Mailloche approaching stealthily. They follow him to an old cemetery, where he enters a disused vault. Deep inside the vault, the Five find Mailloche puttering about in what amounts to be a weapons cache, muttering about his misdeeds – he is evidently the Werewolf. When the Five call him out, Mailloche starts getting defensive, but then confides in the children.

The story concludes on a moderation tone: many of the worst industrialists’ endeavours have been stopped by the Werewolf’s activism, and the local population will stand up to avoid further shameless defiling of their environment. But also, progress brings good things and should not be held back entirely. Balance is key!

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Cover art through the ages:

(Disclaimer: This is not an exhaustive list; sometimes the dates are difficult to pinpoint; and I have purposefully not included editions that re-used similar cover art, with differences only in layout and font style.)

(Original cover by Annie-Claude Martin, Hachette, 1985)

(Paul Gillon, Hachette, 1993 – in the vault)

(Frédéric Rébéna, Hachette, 2015 – trouble on a construction site!)

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Thanks for reading!

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Lucas and Assia’s first prom!

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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane’s country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who’s returned to…

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Victor Pivert, industriel à Paris ! - Pivert ? - Pivert, pivert, comme un pivert ! 🍀 #saintpatrick w/ #louisdefunes https://www.instagram.com/p/B93NdQkJoYb9mf9N_AcrYX2jddyZr78MZyPdEs0/?igshid=1l5428qjmqg81

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Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza y Soto (Courbevoie, 31 de julio de 1914-Nantes, 27 de enero de 1983) fue un actor cómico francés de padres españoles.

Recursos humorísticos

Sus principales bases para hacer humor fueron:

su capacidad de gesticulación y de imitación ;

la repetición en una escena de sus gestos o palabras ;

el carácter excesivo de los sentimientos y emociones que expresa, como por ejemplo son el miedo y la desesperación (fingidos o reales de su personaje).

Su expresión de cólera es característica: gruñidos, ruidos con la boca, bofetadas repetitivas sobre los otros personajes, grandes gesticulaciones, etc. Los papeles se prestan de buen grado a este juego: sus personajes son a menudo hipócritas y un poco antipáticos, sin ser malévolos o incapaces de redención.

Disfraces

No dudaba en acentuar hasta el extremo las situaciones cómicas utilizando disfraces. Los siguientes son algunos ejemplos:

el poeta falso y con peluca para aparecer de incógnito en el gran restaurante en el que él es el director ;

los vestidos habituales del siglo XVII de la Folie des grandeurs, y entre ellos, el disfraz de la «Dama de negro» en la taberna ;

la viejita que, en l'Aile ou la cuisse, pedía ser atendida en un restaurante mientras otros atendían exageradamente a un supuesto crítico gastronómico (luego «la viejita» le baja el pulgar en su guía gastronómica) ;

el vestido «loubavitch» en Las locas aventuras de Rabbi Jacob ;

los vestidos de la «Belle Époque» en Hibernatus, donde él debía hacerse pasar por el pretendiente de su propia esposa ;

su vestido en L'Avare es irresistiblemente divertido.

A dúo

El talento de Louis de Funès funcionaba bien en la categoría de dúos cómicos regulares u ocasionales, con actores muy diversos:

Claude Gensac, conocida por el apodo que Cruchot (el gendarme interpretado por Louis de Funès) le dio en la serie del Gendarme: «Ma biche» (Mi cierva). Ella era usualmente la cómplice femenina de los personajes de Louis de Funès.

Michel Galabru, quien hizo de superior en la saga del Gendarme y sirvió como objetivo de burla para Louis de Funès.

Bourvil, con quien se amoldó muy bien en Le Corniaud y La Grande Vadrouille.

Yves Montand en La Folie des grandeurs. Muchas escenas entre ellos son tan célebres como el sueño con las rimas de oro o la limpieza de las orejas.

Coluche, que hizo de hijo de Louis de Funès en L'Aile ou la cuisse.

Olivier de Funès, su propio hijo en Les Grandes Vacances.

Filmografía

Filmografía completa del actor:

La Tentation de Barbizon (1945), de Jean Stelli: Le portier du Paradis

Six heures à perdre (1946)

Dernier refuge (1946)

Antoine et Antoinette (1947)

Croisière pour l'inconnu (1947)

Du Guesclin (1948)

Vient de paraître (1949)

Mon ami Sainfoin (1949)

Mission à Tanger (1949)

Millionnaires d'un jour (1949)

Au revoir Monsieur Grock (1949), de Pierre Billon

Rendez-vous avec la chance (1949): la garçon

Pas de week-end pour notre amour (1949): Constantin

Un certain monsieur (1949)

Je n'aime que toi (1949): le chef d'orchestre

Le Jugement de Dieu (1949)

La Rue sans loi (1950)

Adémaï au poteau-frontière (1950)

Knock (1951), de Guy Lefranc

Les Joueurs (1951)

Un Amour de parapluie (1951)

Bibi Fricotin (1951), de Marcel Blistène: le pêcheur

Boniface Somnambule (1951)

Boîte à vendre (1951)

Sans laisser d'adresse (1951), de Jean-Paul Le Chanois: un futur papa

La Rose rouge (1951), de Marcello Pagliero: le poète

Champions Juniors (1951)

Le Roi du bla bla bla (1951)

La Poison (1951), de Sacha Guitry: André

Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire (1951)

Le Dindon (1951), de Claude Barma: le gérant

L'Amant de paille (1951)

Folie douce (1951)

Ma femme est formidable (1951)

Les Sept Péchés capitaux (1952)

Ils étaient cinq (1952)

Les Dents longues (1952), de Daniel Gélin

Agence matrimoniale (1952), de Jean-Paul Le Chanois

La Fugue de Monsieur Perle (1952)

Innocents in Paris (1952)

Elle et moi (1952)

Je l'ai été trois fois (1952), de Sacha Guitry

Monsieur Taxi (1952): le peintre

Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste (1952)

Le Huitième Art et la manière (1952)

Moineaux de Paris (1952)

L'amour n'est pas un péché (1952)

La Putain respectueuse (1952), de Charles Brabant y Marcello Pagliero: un client du night-club

Les Compagnes de la nuit (1953)

La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)

Le Rire (1953)

L'Étrange Désir de Monsieur Bard (1953): M. Chanteau

Dortoir des grandes (1953)

Au diable la vertu (1953)

Légère et court vêtue (1953)

Capitaine Pantoufle (1953)

Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon (1953)

Faites-moi confiance (1953)

Mon frangin du Sénégal (1953), de Guy Lacourt: le docteur

Poisson d'avril (1954), de Gilles Grangier: le garde-champêtre

Ah ! Les belles bacchantes (1954), de Jean Loubignac: inspecteur Leboeuf

Le Blé en herbe (1954)

Le Chevalier de la nuit (1954)

Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954), de Norbert Carbonnaux: le commissaire

Escalier de service (1954)

Fraternité (TV) (1954)

Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954), de Yves Robert: le mari

Huis clos (1954)

Les Intrigantes (1954), de Henri Decoin: Marcange

Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954), de Yves Allégret: un maréchal des logis

Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954), de Henri Verneuil: Pilate

Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954), de Jean-Paul Le Chanois: Monsieur Calomel

Les pépées font la loi (1954)

La Reine Margot (1954), de Jean Dréville: René

Scènes de ménage (1954)

Tourments (1954)

Napoléon (1954), de Sacha Guitry

Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells (1955)

Les Impures (1955)

L'Impossible Monsieur Pipelet (1955): Oncle Robert

Les Hussards (1955): le sacristain

La Bande à papa (1955)

Bonjour sourire (1955), de Claude Sautet

Si Paris nous était conté (1955), de Sacha Guitry

Frou-Frou (1955)

Mädchen ohne Grenzen (1955)

La Traversée de Paris (1956), de Claude Autant-Lara: Jambier

La Famille Anodin (1956)

Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1956)

Bébés à gogo (1956)

La Loi des rues (1959)

Courte tête (1956), de Norbert Carbonnaux

Comme un cheveu sur la soupe (1957), de Maurice Regamey: Pierre Cousin

Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958), de André Hunebelle: Maurice Berger

Ni vu, ni connu (1958), de Yves Robert: Blaireau

La Vie à deux (1958): Me Stéphane, le notaire

I Tartassati (1959)

Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)

Certains l'aiment froide (1959)

Mon pote le gitan (1959)

Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles (1960), de Maurice Delbez: Paul Ernzer

Le Capitaine Fracasse (1960), de Pierre Gaspard-Huit: Scapin

Les Tortillards (1960)

La Vendetta (1961)

Le crime ne paie pas (1961), de Gérard Oury: Bartender

La Belle Américaine (1961), de Robert Dhéry: le secrétaire du commissariat / le chef du personnel

Candide ou l'optimisme du XXe siècle (1961), de Norbert Carbonnaux: l'homme de la gestapo

Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962), de Jean Chérasse

Le Gentleman d'Epsom (1962), de Gilles Grangier: Gaspard Ripeux

Les Veinards (1962), de Jean Girault: Antoine Beaurepaire («Le Gros Lot»)

Nous irons à Deauville (1962): le vacancier

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962), de Julien Duvivier: Vaillant

Des pissenlits par la racine (1963), de Georges Lautner: Jockey Jack

Pouic-Pouic (1963), de Jean Girault: Léonard Monestier

Carambolages (1963), de Marcel Bluwal: Charolais

Faites sauter la banque ! (1963), de Jean Girault: Victor Garnier

Fantômas (1964), de André Hunebelle: Commissaire Juve

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), de Jean Girault: Ludovic Cruchot

Une souris chez les hommes o Un Drôle de caïd (1964), de Jacques Poitrenaud: Marcel

Le Corniaud (1965), de Gérard Oury: Léopold Saroyan

Fantômas se déchaîne (1965), de André Hunebelle: Commissaire Juve

Le Gendarme à New York (1965), de Jean Girault: Ludovic Cruchot

Les Bons Vivants (1965), de Gilles Grangier

La Grande Vadrouille (1966), de Gérard Oury: Stanislas Lefort

Le Grand Restaurant (1966), de Jacques Besnard: Monsieur Septime

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967), de André Hunebelle: Commissaire Juve

Les Grandes Vacances (1967), de Jean Girault: Balduin Bosquier

Oscar (1967), de Édouard Molinaro (+ LdF scénariste): Bertrand Barnier

Le Petit Baigneur (1968), de Robert Dhéry: Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

Le Tatoué (1968), de Denys de La Patellière: Felicien Mezeray

Le Gendarme se marie (1968), de Jean Girault: Ludovic Cruchot

Hibernatus (1969), de Édouard Molinaro (+ LdF scénariste): Hubert de Tartas

L'Homme orchestre (1970), de Serge Korber: Evan Evans

Le Gendarme en balade (1970), de Jean Girault: Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot

La Folie des grandeurs (1971), de Gérard Oury: Don Salluste

Jo (1971), de Jean Girault: Antoine Brisebard

Sur un arbre perché (1971), de Serge Korber: Henri Roubier

Las locas aventuras de Rabbi Jacob (1973), de Gérard Oury: Victor Pivert

L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976), de Claude Zidi: Charles Duchemin

La Zizanie (1978), de Claude Zidi: Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze

Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres (1978), de Jean Girault: Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot

L'Avare (1979), de Jean Girault y Louis de Funès: Harpagon

La Soupe aux choux (1981), de Jean Girault (+ LdF scénariste): Le Glaude

Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982), de Jean Girault y Tony Aboyantz: Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot

Distinciones

Caballero de la Legión de Honor (1973, insignias puestas por Gérard Oury)

César de honor (1980, otorgado por Jerry Lewis, categoría César del cine)

Bibliografía

Luis Gasca, Louis de Funès, editor 'Planeta-De Agostini', 1999, ISBN 843958220X y 9788439582205.

Christelle Laffin, Louis de Funès: au nom de la rose, editor 'Albin Michel', 2002, ISBN 2226135170 y 9782226135179.

Stéphane Bonnotte, Louis de Funès, jusqu'au bout du rire, editor 'Michel Lafon', 2003, ISBN 2840989085 y 9782840989080.

Laurent Aknin, Louis de Funès, nouveau monde, 2005, ISBN 2-84736-089-1.

Olivier de Funès, Patrick de Funès, Louis de Funès -nouvelle édition-: Ne parlez pas trop de moi, les enfants !, editor 'Le Cherche midi', 2013, ISBN 2749129753 y 9782749129754.

Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc, Daniel de Funès, Louis de Funès: L'oscar du cinéma, editor 'Flammarion', 2014, ISBN 2081342804 y 9782081342804.

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SALOMON EST JUIF.

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C'était Farès ?! ...C'est effarant.

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Pool Day! We happened across Charlotte Delven dancing with Pascal Morel, Berthe’s husband. Louis Morel and Marie Lambert-Montaque were scowling in their respective lounge chairs.