Charles Boulin decides to sell his small apartment on Avenue Foch to purchase a little hotel in the western suburbs of Paris. But the hotel happens to be a decaying house in Argenteuil. He wanted to surprise his wife and daughter, but it soon turns into a nightmare when they learn they have move into this shack, during the work, along with unscrupulous workers ...
Acting
Dany Boon's physical comedy carries 155 minutes of escalating disaster.
Production
The actual decaying house becomes a character—practical set magic.
Director
Dany Boon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Argenteuil represents everything Parisians sneer at—Boon weaponizes class geography for laughs.
Boon toured this play for three years before filming; the movie's runtime preserves theatrical pacing.
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