Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and has a son. He used to have another profession: being French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing that makes him happy: the applause.
Acting
Poelvoorde commits fully to tragicomic delusion
Costume
Sequined jumpsuits that scream '70s French pop
Sound
Claude François covers that slap shamefully hard
Director
Yann Moix
Benoît Poelvoorde
Bernard Frédéric
Jean-Paul Rouve
Couscous
Julie Depardieu
Véro
Marie Guillard
Vanessa
Anne Marivin
Anne
Odile Vuillemin
Odile
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Nadège
Olivier Mag
Claude David
Karine Lyachenko
Jacqueline
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Monsieur Lombard
Dominique Besnehard
Le psychologue
Armelle
Laure
Thomas Derichebourg
Le garçon restaurant à volonté
Évelyne Thomas
Herself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claude François was France's biggest star before dying in 1978; his real tribute industry still thrives.
Poelvoorde trained with actual François impersonators and performed live to test the cringe.
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