An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Acting
Kad Merad's devastatingly ordinary everyman breakdown.
Direction
Giannoli's cruel, precise observation of public humiliation.
Writing
The mystery that never solves itself — infuriating and perfect.
Director
Xavier Giannoli
Kad Merad
Martin Kazinski
Cécile de France
Fleur Arnaud
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Jean-Baptiste
Hervé Pierre
Docteur Barreinbhom
Cédric Ben Abdallah
Alban
Alberto Sorbelli
Alberto
Frédéric Boismoreau
Father
Pierre Diot
Morizot
Christophe Kourotchkine
Fabrice
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Edouard Laurence
Garba Tounkara
Saïa, le rappeur
Jean-Pierre Malignon
Malivert
Michaël Abiteboul
Collègue Martin 1
Fabien Orcier
Collègue Martin 2
Fred Epaud
Journaliste TV 1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Giannoli based the premise on real French 'ordinary celebrity' phenomena like the brief fame of random reality show contestants.
The film mercilessly mocks France's TF1 television culture and the country's obsession with transforming nobodies into disposable stars.
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