The French intelligence service want to use a double agent to eliminate a terrorist groupe. To do this, the captain Duroc will give to the traitor a car filled with explosives. But the whole thing is a double trap. One of the officer of the Service, Leroy, has plan a dreadful blow to discredit his new director. He had chosen Duroc because is not supposed to be an intelligent agent.
Acting
Rochefort's magnificent idiot energy — pure physical comedy.
Writing
Leroy's scheme unravels like a French Office Space.
Director
Dominique Chaussois
Jean Rochefort
le capitaine Duroc
Grace de Capitani
la fille
Jean-Claude Brialy
Leroy
Jean-Louis Trintignant
le général Gougeard
Maxime Leroux
Staub
Marie Mergey
la dame
Marc Brunet
la routier
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
le technicien Volvo
Albert Delpy
le patron du restaurant
Jean-Claude Leguay
le jeune homme
Franca Maï
Catherine Fruck - the terrorist
Jacques Mathou
Sully
Pierre Belot
Tirot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dominique Chaussois never made another feature — this cult oddity remains his sole cinematic statement.
The film satirizes the real 'Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage' at a time when French intelligence scandals were bubbling — making its bureaucratic incompetence hit different.
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