ULouis de Funes ungomunye wamaFulentshi adume kakhulu, lo yindoda encane engaphelelanga enkulu. Abaningi bakhulela kumafilimu akhe, njengoFantômas kanye neGendarme Saint-Tropez. Wafa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30 eyedlule, kodwa lokhu akumvimbeli ukuba adume. Ukuphela komsebenzi wakhe kubo bonke kwaba ukumangala kwangempela, ngoba waphenduka waba yindlija futhi wafa ebusweni bakhe obuhlaza.
Ngakho, ake siqale. ULouis de Funes uyisibonakaliso seFrance, kodwa lokhu akumvimbeli ukuba abe iSpaniard engcolile. Abazali bakhe babengabokufika eSpain, kodwa wayengathandi ukucabanga ngakho, futhi wayengakhulumi iSpanishi, ngoba wayefuna ukukhohlwa ngobuntwana bakhe obubunzima.
Ubaba womculi odumile washiya umndeni wabe eseya eSpain, kodwa akazange atshele muntu ngalokhu, ngoba wabe esebenza ngokubulala kwakhe futhi ngonyaka owodwa kamuva waziwa ukuthi uhlala eSpain, lapho ebuyela khona ngoba wayenamahloni ngokuthi akazange emandleni ukusekela umndeni.
U-Eleanor, unina kaLouis wamlandela futhi ngokushesha wabuya, kodwa wayesevele egula ngesifo sofuba futhi washeshe wafa. Umcabango wokuthi ubaba wakhe wabaleka eSpain ngenxa yobumpofu futhi wamshiya, wathonya kakhulu impilo yalomfana wesikhathi esizayo, wazithembisa ukuthi izingane zakhe ngeke zidingeke lutho futhi ngeke abashiye. Umndeni wakubo esikhathini esizayo kuye kwaba ngaphezu kwakho konke, wamnika isikhathi esiningi.
Ngemuva kokufa kukayise, uLouis wayehlala endaweni yokukhosela, unina wamnika, ngoba wayengenayo imali yokusekela umndeni wakhe. Indawo yokukhosela, njengoba yaziwa, inemithetho nemigomo yayo, umculi omncane watshelwa masinyane ukuthi wayehlukile kubo bonke, ngoba wayengomncinyane kunabo bonke ontanga. Wayehlale ehleka futhi ehleka ngaye, ngakho wanquma ukushintsha amaphutha akhe abe yizintandokazi. Edlala ezikoleni, waqala ukuqinisa ithalenta yakhe yokudlala futhi ngaleyo ndlela wayisindisa ekuhlukumezweni kontanga, ngoba wayebaxube futhi wayephakathi.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, waqaphela ukuthi uzokwenza imali kulokho okwakwenza abantu bahleke. Ngemva kokukhula (ngenkathi umsebenzi waseFrance engumfundisi we-solfeggio esikoleni somculo), wathola uthando lokuphila kwakhe - uJeanne Augustine de Barthelemy de Maupassant. Indlalifa yaseFrance enezimpawu ezihlanzekile nendodana yabantu abavela eSpanish abampofu - abanakho okufanayo, kepha imizwa iye yavutha. Ngokushesha lo mbhangqwana wawufuna ukushada, kodwa izihlobo zikaJeanne ziphikisana, ngoba uLouis ompofu kakhulu umelene nomndeni wakwaDe Maupassant.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abahlonishwayo banikeza isivumelwano somshado wabo, kodwa kungekudala kwaziwa ukuthi uLouis wayeseshadile kakade futhi wayenomntwana. Njengoba kwaziwa, eneminyaka engama-22 umculi ozayo washada noGermaine Louise Elodi Carrooye, owabeletha indodana yakhe uDaniel ngokushesha, kodwa ngo-1942 bahlukanisa. Ngaleso sikhathi wasebenza njengomdlali wepiyano e-cabaret futhi wathola i-pittance (ephupha ngokuba ngumdlali weqhawe nokuqaphela iphupho lakhe), futhi lo wesifazane wayengathandi, ngoba wayekholelwa ukuthi amaphupho kaLouis ayinasisekelo futhi awusizi ngalutho, futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi wamhlambalaza ngokuba akakwazi ukusekela umndeni, ekugcineni uGermain wanquma ukufuna indoda engakwazi ukusekela umndeni futhi izindlela zabo zahlukana.
Lapho uJeanne ethola ukuthi uLouis wayengakaze ahlukanise nomkakhe wokuqala, wamkhathaza futhi lo mbhangqwana wayesemuva wokuhlukanisa, kodwa umshado wenziwa (ngokubhuka okulodwa kokuthi i-Funes ayiboni umkakhe wokuqala noma nendodana yakhe, noLouis bavumelana). UJeanne wayehlukanisile no-Funes kulokho okwakumxhumanisa nomkakhe wokuqala. ULouis kwadingeka akhethe ukukhetha hhayi ingane yokuqala, kodwa ngokuthanda owesifazane okholwa kuye. Ngokushesha u-Funes wazala amadodana amabili - uPatrick no-Olivier.
KwakunguJeanne owaba ngowesifazane owathi, ngokukholelwa kwakhe enethaleni lomyeni wakhe, wamenza waba yinkanyezi enkulu emhlabeni. ULouis usuvele engaphezu kuka-30, akanalo ithuba lokuba ngumdlali, kodwa ulokhu ephupha ngakho. Wonke umuntu ozungezile wathi ngeke aphumelele, kodwa ukholelwa kuye futhi wamkhuthaza ukuba ahambe phambili. Umkakhe wesibili womculi unomlingiswa wensimbi futhi wameluleka ukuba ahambe kuzo zonke izenzakalo ezihlobene nomboni wefilimu futhi lapho kutholakale izibopho nabangane. Ngale ndlela, ngo-1946, uLouis uzowela efilimu yakhe yokuqala (isilingo seBarzon). Umlingisi waqala ngezindima ezincane futhi kancane kancane wakhumula.
Ekuqaleni, wayethanda kakhulu umqondisi, futhi wayefaniswa ne-clown. Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, wayelokhu ehlangene esixukwini futhi waphoqeleka ukuba asebenze isikhathi esithile emisebenzini eminingana ukuze athole umndeni wakhe. Umculi wenza izinto eziningi: wayengumhlobiso wezinto zokubukisa, wenza umdwebo wokuthengiswa kwemoto nokunye okunye. Kwakukhona ukungabi nemali nokulondoloza okubukhali kukho konke. Endaweni encane kaJeanne noLouis, impilo yaba yinto engapheliyo, kodwa umkakhe akazange acele umyeni wakhe ukuba alahle amaphupho akhe futhi athole umsebenzi okhokhelwayo.
Futhi ekugcineni, ngo-1958, lapho esevele engaphezu kuka-40, wathola indima yakhe enkulu kule filimu "Akubanjwanga, hhayi isela." Kulungile-ke kwaqala, wamenywa emisebenzini eyinhloko, wabona ithalenta.
Abantu bathande ngempela amaqhawe okuthiwa ama-Funes ngomuntu ongenakubekezelelwa, kodwa onomusa enhliziyweni. Kanye nemisebenzi yokuqala ebalulekile, kwafika imali enkulu kuye. Ngemuva kokuphela kokuphila kokucindezeleka, waba umcebo omkhulu. Kusukela kuleso sikhathi lapho kubhalwa khona njengomdlali we-France ocebile kakhulu, ngenkathi ekhuluma ngobuhlungu bakhe. Cishe konke ukuphila kwakhe wayefuna njalo futhi umkhuba wokulondoloza, njengoba bekusho, waba ngowakhe wesibili.
Ngezinye izikhathi wayephoqelela izingane zakhe ukuba zibuyisele ukuthenga kwazo esitolo futhi zinikezwe ukuthenga okuthile okungabizi. Wonke umuntu wayembheka njengoScrooge, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abantu abazi ukuthi uhlanganyele othandweni futhi wathenga amathoyizi kaKhisimusi kuzo zonke uKhisimusi. Ngemuva kokuba athole inqaba yaseChateau de Clermont (kanye nomndeni womkakhe), waqala ukusiza ngemali bonke abasebenzi. Ngemva kokuthola inqaba yaseChateau de Clermont, umfowabo womkakhe waqala ukumhlonipha futhi wayengasolanga ngokukhetha kwakhe.
I-Château de Clermont manje ingeyomunye wabantu, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyizidleke zomndeni we-Funes. Kufanelekile ukuphawula ukuthi de Funes wasebenzisa impilo yakhe yonke ekhuluma nendodana yakhe yokuqala, nakuba lokhu bekufihle konke ngangokunokwenzeka emndenini wakhe wesibili. Wayehlala njalo, ngesikhathi sokuphila kwendodana yakhe kwakukhona izikhathi ezibalulekile, ezifana nomshado, ukuzalwa kwabazukulu, njalonjalo. Othokozelayo konke ukuphila kwakhe kwakunqamuke phakathi kwemindeni emibili, futhi ngemva kokufa kwakhe ubuhlobo phakathi kwezihlobo zakhe bubi nakakhulu. Umkakhe wesibili, nomaphi lapho ayekhona, ufihla yonke indlela yokuthi umyeni wakhe wayenomndeni ngaphambi kwakhe, futhi akazange athumele isimemo emngcwabeni womncintiswano indodana yakhe yokuqala.
Indodana encane kaLouis yayinomusa omuhle we-hero-lover futhi wayevamise kakhulu ukwenza ifilimu noyise kumabhayisikobho, futhi u-Funes waphupha ukuthi kuyoba khona inzala yonke yabadlali. I-Dream comedian mayelana nobukhosi obusayo behleka lapho indodana yakhe encane ivuma ukuthi iphupha ukuxhuma impilo yakhe nezulu, kodwa hhayi ngesiteji. Umkhulu kaFunes - uLaurent, indodana yengane yakhe yokuqala, kodwa waba ngumdlali wezemidlalo futhi uqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe kule nsimu.
Umlingisi wayeneminyaka engaba ngu-60 ubudala, ngalesi sikhathi edlule umhlalaphansi, kodwa wayeseziqhingini zothando lwakhe futhi wazama ukudubula ngisho nokushiya okuthile ngemuva kwakhe. Wayehlale ephuthumayo, ngoba wathatha umsebenzi wakhe ngokungathí sina, ngakho-ke akazange aphile isikhathi eside. Yonke imisebenzi yakhe, waxoxa ngaphambi komkakhe ebusuku emva komsebenzi futhi wayehlale ekhona ekudubula ifilimu elandelayo ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe. Abaningi abazange baqonde ubuhlobo babo, ngoba uJeanne wayeyinto yonke kuye - nomkakhe, nonina, nanny, kanye nommeli. Wadutshulwa ngo-3-4 amafilimu ngonyaka, wadutshulwa ngezinhlinzeko, futhi okungaphezu kwesisodwa wayekhubazekile ngenkathi eqoshwa.
Ngo-1975, waba nesifo senhliziyo, kanti odokotela bathi uma eqhubeka ukudlala, uzofa nje. Umlingisi wayengacabangi ngokuphila kwakhe ngaphandle kwesiteji, naphezu kokulimala, wathola amandla okwenza okuthile okusha futhi wathathwa yidimu, atshalwa ama-roses, futhi athunjwa. Ngokushesha wayekhathele lezi zifundo futhi wabuyela esitokisini sokudubula, nokho, kulesi sigameko kwakukhona odokotela abaningi, ngoba wayekwazi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi afe. Ngo-1982, wagxila kwifilimu yakhe yakamuva "I-Gendarme neGendarmer."
Ngemva kokuqopha ifilimu, wabuyela enqabeni yakhe futhi waqala ukukhanda ama-roses akhe. Kwakumakhaza futhi wayegula ngophuhlane, okwakubangela ukuhlaselwa kwenhliziyo entsha, emva kwalokho umculi omkhulu wafa. Wangcwatshwa eduze neCâteau de Clermont.