I direct your attention to Le Sauvage (1975), wherein wacky beauty Catherine Deneuve is chased by a deranged fiancé all over Venezuela and disrupts the orderly life of recluse Yves Montand. This story was later "yuppified" and set in Los Angeles.
shareIt was a trend in the '80s for American comedies to copy French comedies. The examples are so many to mention. But in some cases, even the director was the same.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098471/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091093/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_14
And in some other cases...even the actor was the same!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102465/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_123
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_117