Narco (film)

Narco is a 2004 French film about Gus played by Guillaume Canet a narcoleptic, whose life is made difficult by his inability to keep a job because of his narcolepsy.

When Gus awakens from his coma, he reports to the police that someone is trying to kill him, but as he can think of no reason why, the police dismiss his claims. He then discovers that he is no longer narcoleptic, but finds it convenient to pretend he still is. In this way he discovers the affair of his wife and best friend, and through further investigation the theft of his work. The publisher angry that because of the Pupkins deception, Gus could cause problems for them, demands that Pupkin solve it. Pupkin once more sends the assassins after Gus, but Guss best friend, after wrestling with his conscience, talks them out of killing him. The police now believe his story and investigate the publisher who goes to jail, where ironically he finally finds success as a comedian, performing for the other inmates. Pupkin goes insane and is confined to a hospital. Gus reconciles with his wife and finally gets a job.In a minor role, JeanClaude Van Damme appears as an imagined version of himself, when one character who idolises him as the ultimate Karate man, imagines a conversation where he acts as that characters conscience. ........

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