La chèvre

La chèvre movie poster.

Movie (1981)
English title : Knock on Wood

Starring:
Pierre Richard (François Perrin)
Gérard Depardieu (Campana)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (The Police Officer, Custao)
Corynne Charbit (Marie Bens)

Detective Campana is hired to find Marie, the daughter of a rich businessman, who has mysteriously disappeared while vacationing in Mexico. The case turns out to be complicated – several attempts to find her have already failed. A psychologist, Meyer, who works for the businessman, suggests a plan : Marie is known to be extremely unlucky, so sending Campana with François Perrin, the unluckiest employee could provide stupendous results.

(missing picture : Marie Bens falls through the window attempting to look at a small plane)