A married father of three, lives in Créteil doing odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he promises a little too quick to take the whole family on vacation to ski. The only problem: if he breaks his promise, his wife will divorce him.
Acting
Lucien Jean-Baptiste's sweaty desperation is genuinely sympathetic.
Production
The Alps resort vs. Créteil flat contrast hits hard.
Writing
The PMU bar regulars steal every scene they're in.
Director
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Firmine Richard
Bonne Maman
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Gabriel
Jimmy Woha Woha
Yann
Anne Consigny
Suzy
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey
Juliette
Michel Jonasz
Monsieur Morgeot
Édouard Montoute
Jojo
Gilles Benizio
Le technicien tire-fesses / Le garagiste / L'animateur concours
Bernadette Lafont
Madame Morgeot
Cyril Couton
Manager supermarché
Jacques Frantz
René
Marie Parouty
Amie Suzy
Yannig Samot
Joueur PMU Créteil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The PMU betting bar is a genuine French institution—Jean-Gabriel's philosophical monologues there mock working-class intellectual traditions.
Director Lucien Jean-Baptiste originally wrote this as a darker drama; the studio demanded broader comedy, which explains the tonal whiplash in the third act.
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