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
Thierry Lhermitte
François Voisin
Miou-Miou
Hélène Voisin
Eddy Mitchell
Albert Grelleau
Michel Boujenah
Simon
Hélène Zidi
L'assistante d'Hélène
Annick Alane
Pascaline
Bérangère Jean
Catherine
Sagamore Stévenin
Julien
Jean Benguigui
Sarkis - Le trafiquant d'armes
Claudine Wilde
Vanessa - La call-girl
François Hadji-Lazaro
Braquet - Le chef des services secrets
Yan Epstein
Izmir
Sylvain Katan
Le premier loubard
Frédéric Diefenthal
Le deuxième loubard
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.
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