When Yves-Marie, 9, asks Jacqueline, who is her age: "Marry me", she replies with a pirouette: "The day you go to the stars, I give you my hand."
Acting
Martin-Laval plays his own protagonist with committed deadpan desperation.
Production
The entire village conspiring in this absurd courtship is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Yves-Marie
Pierre Richard
Yves-Marie's father
Marina Foïs
Firmin's mother
Julie Depardieu
Jacqueline
Kad Merad
Vincent
Wladimir Yordanoff
Jacqueline's father
Isabelle Nanty
Jacqueline's mother
Maurice Barthélemy
Man of the couple on the road
Valérie Bonneton
Jacqueline's colleague
Edéa Darcque
Fan
Charlotte Des Georges
Fan
Denise Bonal
Mrs. Villano
Arnaud Marciszewer
Yves-Marie child
Frédéric Proust
Paul
Jules-Angelo Bigarnet
Firmin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Martin-Laval, known for comedic group Les Robins des Bois, cast fellow French comedy royalty including his own father-in-law Pierre Richard and frequent collaborator Marina Foïs.
The film gently mocks France's actual space program while celebrating the national pastime of pursuing impossible romantic gestures.
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