Acting
Didier Bourdon's deadpan against Depardieu's chaos.
Production
Parisian funeral homes never looked this romantic.
Director
Michel Delgado
Didier Bourdon
Gervais Bron
Marc-André Grondin
Gabriel
Bérénice Bejo
Claire
Chantal Neuwirth
Evelyne
Gérard Depardieu
Hugo
Marthe Keller
Nickye
Marilú Marini
Carmen
Anne Girouard
Natacha
Valérie Bonneton
Marie Thanato
Michel Galabru
Monsieur Froissard
Guillaume Briat
Le prêtre
Marion Creusvaux
Candidate 4
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri
Le chef des Gitans
Majid Berhila
Le serrurier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
French funeral culture treats death as communal celebration—this film leans hard into that contrast with American solemnity.
This was Michel Delgado's directorial debut after decades as a screenwriter; the 5.5 rating suggests audiences wanted more rigor mortis.
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