A con man steals his priest twin's identity in Tunisia. What could possibly go wrong?
Aldo and Marco are twins. Marco, a priest by trade, has always been an object of pride for his mother, while Aldo has already spent six periods in prison. Always on the lookout for money and pretty girls, he lets himself be hijacked by crazy, often dishonest operations, which fail most of the time. One day, he is forced to flee to Tunisia, dressed as a priest and posing as Marco. There he meets up with Prosper, a childhood friend, whom he lures into his race for millions and beautiful summer girls. Marco, delegated by the Paris police, arrives in Tunisia to limit the damage, but only makes it worse. Once again, Aldo has to disappear into the wilderness for a while and make himself forgotten...
Acting
Aldo Maccione plays both twins with gleeful overcommitment
Production
Tunisia standing in for 'exotic' 80s Euro-comedy fantasy
Director
Philippe Clair
Aldo Maccione
Aldo / Père Marco
Philippe Clair
Prosper
Raymond Pellegrin
L'inspecteur Tétard
Philippe Castelli
Père Eusébio
Florence Guérin
Ira von Fürstenberg
La femme du sénateur
Philippe Nicaud
Le vicomte
Maureen Kerwin
Julia
Corynne Charbit
Christine / Topless girl
Michel Peyrelon
Zaïtsev
Sandra Wey
Ingrid
Georges Blaness
Le cheikh
Elvire Audray
Maïté
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 1980s 'comédie à l'italienne'—French cinema's shameless attempt to mimic Italian sex farces, complete with North African exoticism that aged like milk in the sun.
Aldo Maccione was so committed to this character he essentially played variations of it for two decades. The twin premise here was his bid for 'range.'
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