The Fugitives

Les Fugitifs (1986) — released as The Fugitives — is a French comedy directed by Francis Veber that you can watch online on iFILM, pairing Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in the kind of collision that only Veber could engineer.

Lucas just served his time for fourteen bank robberies and wants nothing more than a quiet life. Within hours of release, he ends up at gunpoint inside a bank — taken hostage by François, a bumbling would-be robber who has no idea what he's doing. The police see two men and assume conspiracy. Now Lucas is on the run with a man he despises and the man's small, mute daughter in tow.

Veber's script turns a pure farce into something warmer by the end. The little girl who hasn't spoken in years is the emotional engine of the whole thing, and Depardieu's slow thaw from fury to reluctant fatherhood is the real joke. Stream The Fugitives online on iFILM.