L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres

L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres is a 1976 French-Italian comedy directed by Gérard Pirès. The picture is based on Probability Factor, a novel by American writer Walter Kempley, and its screenplay was penned by Jean-Patrick Manchette, a celebrated figure of French crime fiction. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernadette Lafont and Coluche head the cast, while the ensemble also features familiar faces of the era such as Mireille Darc, Lea Massari, Anémone and Claude Piéplu. With a running time of roughly ninety minutes, the film ranks among Pirès's early works as a director and stands as a characteristic specimen of 1970s French popular comedy. Its blend of a seasoned acting roster and Manchette's sharp screenwriting sensibility earned the production a distinctive spot within the mainstream French cinema of its decade.