Pierre Martin (Christian Clavier) and his wife Rose (Josiane Balasko) run an inn in some remote mountains, with their lovely daughter Mathilde (Juliette Lamboley) luring rich customers to them while their idiot son Violet (Fr�d�ric Epaud) acts as their killer ... since they make hardly any money from the inn, they have to murder and rob their customers to get by, right?

This time around though, something goes wrong as the rich bunch Mathilde is bringing in is accompanied by a priest (G�rard Jugnot), and for some reason or other, Rose decides to confess her crimes to him ... and from now on, the priest does his best to warn the other guests - a bunch of despicable aristocrats by the way - of the murderous innkeepers, but the seal of confession forbids him to actually say what he knows - which leads to all kinds of confusion, so much so that in the end, one of the aristocrats thinks he's a madman and informs the authorities. Meanwhile though, Pierre and Rose strike a deal with the priest: If he marries his student Octave (Jean-Baptiste Maunier) to their daughter Mathilde - the two youngsters are madly in love -, they let their supposed victims go. Right after the marriage, the authorities storm in and arrest the priest, and only just is he saved when a corpse is found hidden in a scarecrow. Now it's Pierre, Rose and Violet who are arrested and brought to the capital for trial.

However, the bunch of despicable aristocrats get their punishment when a bridge they are crossing breaks down under them - Violet has sabotaged it earlier on - and they fall to their deaths.

Only the priest, Octave and Mathilde do have a happy ending it seems ...

Nice and macabre black comedy - that's also a tad old-fashioned though and does not manage to add anything significant to the original L'Auberge Rouge from 1951. Especially in terms of sociopolitical or religious satire the film, apart from a few valiant attempts, remains incredibly toothless. That said, the film at least features a great ensemble cast, with especially Christian Clavier as the sleazy innkeeper and G�rard Jugnot as the slightly choleric priest being at the top of their game. So while it might be nothing special, the film is at least good for a few laughs.

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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