

To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
Acting
Lhermitte's committed deadpan in ridiculous situations.
Production
Peak '91 Euro-spy aesthetic, gloriously dated.

Director
Claude Zidi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claude Zidi directed this between his bigger hits 'Les Sous-doués' and 'Astérix & Obélix,' coasting on pure French box office momentum.
This bombed outside France because 'suburban dad spy' humor doesn't translate; Americans got True Lies instead, which had explosions AND Jamie Lee Curtis.