Your wedding day meets a death cult. What could go wrong?
Bernard, an executive for a big company, tries to get home in time for his wedding but is caught in the middle of a mass suicide. He saves a sect member who then follows him like a puppy, and is chased by the sect leaders, two over-the-top crooks with bloated egos and a craving for money.
Acting
Jean Yanne and Martin Lamotte chewing every scene as cartoon villains.
Writing
Jugnot's script commits fully to the premise, consequences be damned.
Director
Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot
Bernard Leroy
Michèle Laroque
Constance
François Morel
Sébastien
Martin Lamotte
Aimé Solomuka
Jean Yanne
Magic
Micheline Presle
la "mère" de Bernard
Claude Piéplu
le "père" de Bernard
Sophie Desmarets
la mère de Constance
Jacques Jouanneau
le père de Constance
Thierry Lhermitte
Docteur Simpson
Annie Grégorio
Thérèse
Eric Prat
un gendarme
Roland Marchisio
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jugnot directed himself here while also starring in Les Misérables (1995), making 1996 peak Jugnot saturation in French cinema.
The film satirizes France's late-90s anxiety around cults following the Order of the Solar Temple tragedies—a risky tonal choice that flopped with critics.
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