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A black doctor with plans to become filthy rich arrives in a picturesque, nostalgia-drenched and lily-white hamlet in 1950s France in the obnoxiously misguided dramatic comedy Dr. Knock (Knock). The film is based on the darkly satirical and oft-adapted Jules Romains play about how nascent advertising techniques can fan the flames of an entire village’s hypochondria while enriching a man in a position of respect and power who is supposed to help the community. But in the version of writer-director Lorraine Levy, the conman is not only the town’s only person of color — not at all acknowledged, which is...

“Knock” (original French title, “Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine”) is a French satirical play written in 1923 by Jules Romains. It follows the ambitious Dr. Knock who arrives in the rural village of Saint-Maurice to succeed Dr. Parpalaid,… Continue Reading →...

Exclusive: Sy stars as a conman doctor in the revival of the classic French satire; TF1 is handling sales.

French actor Omar Sy stars in Dr. Knock as a conman doctor who convinces the healthy inhabitants of a small French village they are suffering from previously undiagnosed illnesses to bump up his earnings.

The French-language feature, which is in post-production, is a big screen revival of French playwright Jules Romains 1923 satire Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine.

It was previously adapted for cinema by Guy Lefranc in 1951 in a version starring renowned French actor Louis Jouvet.

Lorraine Lévy directed the new version, budgeted at €12m and produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier. TF1 Studio has kicked off sales at the Afm where it is premiering a first promo.

Intouchables star Sy – who now divides his time between Paris and Los Angeles – is soon to be seen in Ron Howard’s Inferno and French director [link=nm...