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===Mr. Bean's Holiday=== Bean wins a raffle and claims his prize: a holiday package featuring a train journey to Cannes, a Sony Handycam DCR-HC96, and €200. Eager to capture his adventure, Bean documents his trip to the French Riviera beach on the video camera. During the train ride, Bean purchases coffee. Upon arriving in Paris, France, he inadvertently takes a Renault Espace taxi from Gare du Nord to La Défense arch. Realizing his mistake, Bean navigates Paris on foot with his compass, inadvertently causing chaos as he makes his way from La Défense to Gare de Lyon for his next train to Cannes. Unfortunately, his tie gets stuck in a vending machine while attempting to buy a sandwich, causing him to miss his train. With an hour until the next one departs, he decides to sample French cuisine at Le Train Bleu restaurant. Struggling to communicate in French, Bean misunderstands the waiter's suggestions and accidentally orders oysters and langoustines, which he finds distasteful. He discreetly disposes of the oysters into a nearby lady's handbag and clumsily eats a langoustine with the shell still on before escaping unnoticed. Back on the platform, Bean enlists the help of Emil Dachevsky, a Cannes Film Festival jury member and Russian critic, to film him boarding the TGV. Despite Bean managing to board, the doors close before Emil can join him. Emil's son Stefan remains on board alone after the train departs. Bean tries to befriend Stefan but inadvertently misses their train's departure while confronting a suspicious stranger approaching Stefan. With Stefan's father's contact number partially obscured, Bean and Stefan make several unsuccessful attempts to reach him, mistakenly calling a hairdresser, an undertaker, and even a toddler. Boarding the next train, Bean and Stefan accidentally leave Bean's essentials—ticket, passport, and money—behind, prompting their removal at the next station. They seek assistance from a lady for money to contact Stefan's father, but their efforts prove futile. Ironically, they end up contacting a maid cleaning Stefan's parents' hotel room. A security camera captures Bean making a comically sinister face while attempting to get money from public phones, leading the station master to mistake them for vandals and chase them away. Feeling hungry and short on cash, Bean and Stepan decide to try busking by miming to Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" (sung by Rita Streich), along with "Mr. Bombastic" and other tunes, which surprisingly proves successful. After their impromptu performance, Bean purchases two bus tickets to Cannes and some food for the journey. However, his ticket gets caught in a breeze and then snatched by a chicken's talon, which ends up in a farm pick-up truck. Determined, Bean steals a nearby bicycle and follows the truck, passing a bicycle race in the process. Arriving at the farm, he discovers a massive chicken pen with thousands of chickens, realizing the ticket is lost. As Bean leaves the farm, he finds the bicycle destroyed by a passing tank, leaving him stranded except for his trusty video camera. Attempting to hitch a ride on a moped proves futile due to space constraints. Ironically, Stefan passes by in a Volkswagen bus as Bean accidentally locks himself in an old outhouse. After narrowly avoiding being hit by a truck when moving the outhouse onto the road, Bean sets off to find shelter for the night. The next morning, Bean wakes up to find himself in the midst of German World War II soldiers attacking what he later realizes is a village used as a set for a commercial directed by Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe). Joining the action, Bean's antics lead to his dismissal after his camera ends up attached to a gun. When his camera's battery dies, Bean inadvertently causes an explosion on set, injuring Carson and losing his hat. Continuing his journey hitchhiking, Bean is picked up by Sabine (Emma de Caunes), the actress he encountered during the commercial filming, who is driving a Mini similar to Bean's. She is headed to the 59th Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Carson Clay's latest film, in which she stars. Pulling over at a petrol station, Bean finds Stefan in the café. On the road to Cannes, Bean discovers Sabine's cell phone, prompting them to try contacting Stefan's father again, with no success—instead, they reach a series of misfortunate individuals including a man who drops his phone in a urinal and another who jumps off a bridge after a breakup. When Sabine falls asleep at the wheel that night, Bean takes over driving but struggles to stay awake himself. They finally reach Cannes the next morning, capturing photos from above until Sabine nearly misses her premiere. Rushing to the event, they arrive just in time. At the 59th Cannes Film Festival, Carson walks the red carpet followed by Emil, unaware of Stefan's absence and the chaotic journey Bean and Sabine have endured to get there. On their way to the 59th Cannes Film Festival, Stefan playfully tries on Sabine's costumes until the Mini runs low on fuel. Bean pulls over to the nearest petrol station to refuel. Meanwhile, back at the Cannes Film Festival, a French man approves Bean's speech. While Sabine stops at a petrol station to change for the premiere, she watches a TV news segment depicting Bean as Stefan's kidnapper and implicating Sabine as an accomplice. The news anchor announces that roadblocks have been set up across France, and there are wanted posters featuring Bean. To avoid capture before reaching the premiere venue, Stefan disguises himself as Sabine's daughter, while Bean dresses as Sabine's mother. They successfully evade the police, and Sabine arrives at the premiere on time. The trio sneaks into the premiere of Carson's film, "PLAYBACK TIME," a vanity production where he has taken on multiple roles as writer, producer, director, and star. The audience quickly becomes bored from the start. Sabine informs Bean that her significant scene has been cut, leaving her disheartened. Seeing Carson using a similar video camera to his own, Bean heads to the projection room and connects his camera to the projector. The resulting footage prominently features Sabine and Bean, fitting Carson's narration. When security guards chase Bean, he inadvertently ends up on stage while his video plays. Emil, seeing his son's footage, mistakenly accuses Bean of kidnapping Stefan. Just as Bean faces imminent arrest, Stefan emerges from behind the screen, reuniting with his father. The audience, believing it's part of Carson's film, gives a standing ovation. Carson, initially angry, embraces Bean and takes credit for the film's unexpected success. After the screening, Bean retrieves his camera, leaves the venue, and finally arrives at the beach, joining Sabine, Stefan, and other characters. The film concludes with Bean and the cast miming Charles Trenet's famous song, "La Mer." Post-credits, Bean writes "FIN" (French and Spanish for "THE END") on the wet sand using his right foot. He films it until the sea washes away the words, symbolizing the conclusion of his journey as his camera's battery dies once more.
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