The Law Is the Law

Watch The Law Is the Law (La loi c'est la loi, 1958) online on iFILM — a French-Italian comedy directed by Christian-Jaque, pairing France's Fernandel against Italy's Totò. The setting is the fictional border village of Assola, where the frontier cuts right through the streets and half the town lives by the law while the other half avoids it.

French customs agent Ferdinand has made it his life's work to catch Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Then Ferdinand discovers he was born on the Italian side of the line — which throws his uniform, his job, and his entire sense of self into legal chaos. The film runs one joke all the way to its logical end, and Fernandel and Totò are sharp enough to make it worth the trip. Stream The Law Is the Law online on iFILM.