Acting
Dupontel's elastic physical comedy is genuinely unhinged.
Direction
Dupontel directs himself through escalating absurdity with precision.
Writing
Satirical jabs at French bureaucracy land surprisingly hard.
Director
Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel
Roland
Claude Perron
Marie
Nicolas Marié
Duval - Riché
Hélène Vincent
Madame Duval
Yolande Moreau
Gina
Bouli Lanners
Youssouf
Bruno Lochet
M'Burundé
Serge Riaboukine
Lieutenant Lascoumes
Philippe Duquesne
L'Indien
Philippe Uchan
Jacques Duval-Riché
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Président Bartel
Patrick Ligardes
Le conseiller Bartel
Édouard Montoute
Le chauffeur du bus
Terry Gilliam
Le faux bébé
Terry Jones
Un SDF
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dupontel emerged from France's stand-up scene, and this film channels that confrontational, politically incorrect energy that made him controversial at home.
The sex shop sequence lampoons France's actual legislation around 'maisons closes'—Dupontel's targets are specific, not random shock value.
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