A timid bureaucrat learns that making money grow requires more than fertilizer—much more.
Acting
Jean Carmet's magnificent patheticness—Depardieu smolders, Piccoli sneers.
Direction
Rouffio's 70s Paris is gloriously seedy and aspirational.
Writing
Satire sharp enough to make Ponzi schemes feel almost quaint.
Director
Jacques Rouffio
Jean Carmet
Adrien Courtois
Gérard Depardieu
Raoul-Renaud Homecourt
Michel Piccoli
Grezillo
Nelly Borgeaud
Hilda Courtois
Georges Descrières
Vandelmont
Roger Hanin
Roger Karbaoui
Marthe Villalonga
Madame Karbaoui
Jean-Paul Muel
Pergamont
Claude Piéplu
Président Bérot
Tony Taffin
Flanqué
Pierre Vernier
La Toussaint
Jean Champion
Le Ministre du Commerce
Maurice Chevit
Lomont
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Mimine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during France's economic 'trente glorieuses' hangover, the film satirizes nouveau riche anxiety that would explode with Mitterrand's 1981 election. FREE
Depardieu filmed this between two of his most brutal dramatic roles—The Last Metro and Loulou—reportedly treating this comedy as 'vacation.' FREE
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