In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.
Direction
Sattouf's comic-strip background fuels every frame's visual wit.
Costume
Male burqas and female military garb — the gag never gets old.
Director
Riad Sattouf
Vincent Lacoste
Jacky
Charlotte Gainsbourg
La colonelle Bubunne XVII
Didier Bourdon
Brunu
Anémone
La générale Bubunne XVI
Valérie Bonneton
La chérife
Michel Hazanavicius
Julin
Noémie Lvovsky
Tata
Laure Marsac
Zanie
William Lebghil
Vergio
Anthony Sonigo
Juto
India Hair
Corune
Béatrice de Staël
L'épicière
Frédéric Neidhardt
Franku
Anamaria Vartolomei
Zonia
Valeria Golino
Bradi Vune
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sattouf based the visual design on Iranian propaganda posters and his own graphic novel 'The Arab of the Future.' The film premiered at Cannes but flopped domestically in France.
Charlotte Gainsbourg's military uniforms were custom-built to evoke both Napoleon and her mother Jane Birkin's androgynous 70s style.
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