A missed highway exit leads Darry Marzouki, an unemployed magician, to cross paths with Irène Montier Duval, a wealthy woman carrying a Hermès bag full of cash. Out of love, she acted as an intermediary in an arms deal between a French minister and Korea. When the deal was exposed, the minister tried to pin the blame on her. On the run, she offers to pay Darry to drive her to Geneva in his BMW. The problem? The BMW isn’t his—he impulsively stole it from his hot-tempered brother-in-law, who’s out for blood. Unable to accept Irène’s offer, Darry pretends to be an activist heading to a summit in Locarno. Irène, eager for a change, plays along. They have little in common but spend three unforgettable days together—while being chased by Koreans, French intelligence, a minister, and the furious brother-in-law. In the end, one finds love, the other freedom.
Acting
Nathalie Baye's aristocratic unraveling is pure delight
Costume
That Hermès bag carries the whole plot, darling
Director
Tonie Marshall
Nathalie Baye
Irène Montier-Duval
Édouard Baer
Darry Marzouki
Guy Marchand
Pierre Delage
Mélanie Bernier
Sonia Yacovlev
JoeyStarr
Max
Maurice Bénichou
Serge
Bulle Ogier
Madeleine
Sandrine Le Berre
Carine
Michel Vuillermoz
Sacha Lombard
Lauriane Escaffre
Diane
Aleksandra Yermak
la jeune nonne
Park Jeong-hak
Hippolyte Girardot
L'homme à la chemise blanche
Samir Guesmi
L'infirmier #1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tonie Marshall was only the second woman to win Best Director at the Césars—for Venus Beauty Institute, not this. French comedy rarely lets women direct capers at all.
JoeyStarr, who plays the Korean fixer, was a controversial French rapper whose casting scandalized some critics—Marshall specifically wanted that friction.
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