A horny idiot tries to cheat. His target's already plotting revenge. Chaos ensues, obviously.
Pontagnac, a married man, tries to seduce Victoire, the wife of his good friend. Little does he know, Victoire has plans of her own to punish her cheating husband. The would-be fling ignites a dizzying spell of complications as characters arrange trysts, attempt to expose each other’s deceits, and are ultimately forced to come clean.
Acting
Alice Pol's Victoire is serving cunning with a smile
Direction
Lespert knows his way around a door and a secret lover
Writing
Adapted from Feydeau — the French INVENTED this nonsense
Director
Jalil Lespert
Dany Boon
René Vatelin
Alice Pol
Victoire Vatelin
Guillaume Gallienne
Édouard Pontagnac
Ahmed Sylla
Ernest Rédiop
Laure Calamy
Clothilde Pontagnac
Camille Lellouche
Jacqueline
Henri Guybet
Jérôme
Éric De Staercke
Van Der Broeck
Catherine Claeys
Madame Van Der Broeck
Holt McCallany
Wayne
Estéban
Le réceptionniste
Élisa Erka
Clara
Geoffrey Carlassare
Gigolo Hôtel
Gérard Graillot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is pure Feydeau farce, a 19th-century French theatrical tradition built on bourgeois hypocrisy and slamming doors. The French keep remaking these because they love watching the respectable crash and burn.
Dany Boon, who plays the cuckolded husband, is one of France's biggest comedy stars — casting him as the pathetic Vatelin was intentional humiliation casting.
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