52 generations of blue bloods discover work is for peasants.
The Arbac de Neuvilles are one of the oldest families in France. They have inhabited their ancient château for fifty-two generations and are proud of their noble ancestry. But today they are stone broke. When a bailiff turns up notifying them that they owe two million euros in back taxes, these proud aristocrats are understandably shaken to the core of their ancestral seat. Just how are they to find this amount of money when none of them has any capacity for work?
Acting
Victoria Abril and Rossy de Palma as Spanish duchesses—pure camp.
Costume
Tattered glamour that screams 'we're poor but fancy.'
Director
Charlotte de Turckheim
Charlotte de Turckheim
La comtesse Solange Poitou Castilla de la Taupinière
Jacques Weber
Le comte Charles-Valérand d'Arbac de Neuville
Vincent Desagnat
Charles-Édouard d'Arbac de Neuville
Victoria Abril
La duchesse Pilar de Malaga i Benidorm
Rossy de Palma
La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Rudi Rosenberg
Charles-Antoine d'Arbac de Neuville
Hélène de Fougerolles
Marie-Stéphanie Montcougnet
Catherine Jacob
La duchesse Marie-Claude Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
Edith Perret
La comtesse Marthe Ambroisine
Urbain Cancelier
Le duc Réginald Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
Gaëlle Lebert
Marie-Astrid Saumur-Chantilly de Fortemure
Éric Le Roch
Stanislas Montcougnet
Armelle
Marie Karoline
Johanna Piaton de Turckheim
Marie-Charlotte
Julia Piaton
Pauline, la factrice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Charlotte de Turckheim comes from actual French aristocracy—she's roasting her own people here.
The film satirizes France's 2000s crisis of noble families losing tax exemptions on historic properties.
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