Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.
Acting
Michaël Youn commits fully to unhinged delusion.
Writing
Nazi weed backstory is unhinged commitment to bit.
Director
Thomas Sorriaux
Michaël Youn
Alphonse Brown
Vincent Desagnat
Scotch
Zoé Félix
Dina
Kad Merad
Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
Alex Descas
Shaft
Ginette Garcin
Madame Batin
Kool Shen
Lord Fatal
Lionel Abelanski
Perez / Le père de Perez
Maka Sidibe
Dave
Gad Elmaleh
Le spécialiste des Stups
Hans Meyer
Rudolf Maier
Laurent Pons
V.R.
Omar Sy
Michel Dembélé
Benjamin Morgaine
Le DJ du bar de la plage
Jean-François Gallotte
Marceau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michaël Youn was already famous in France for sketch comedy, making this his transition to chaotic leading man energy.
This film captures a specific era of French 'comédie populaire'—crude, fast, and deeply unbothered by logic.
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