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Trailers/Videos

Brief synopsis

He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined with cheap plastic surgery. Jacques moves in with his older sister, Monique, who manages an Emmaus village in the south west of France. And before long, the smooth-talking chancer has convinced a group of workers to pool their meagre funds and set out on a trip to a clinic in Bulgaria, where all their dreams of a brighter and more beautiful future will all come true. If only…
(source: Wild Bunch)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Jean DujardinJacques [L]
Yolande MoreauMonique [L]
Jo DahanManu, le menuisier [SR]
Lou CastelGrégory, le costaud [SR]
Jean-Benoît UgeuxVincent, le libraire [SR]
Jean-François LandonJean-François, le cuisinier [SR]
Jana BittnerovaBéatrice, la starlette [SR]
Elsa FoucaudCorinne, la timide [SR]
Marius BetramMario, l'italien [SR]
Oleg KupchikDoctor Ursus [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Production accountantMarie-Christine Février
1st ADGérard Bonnet
Director of photographyHugues Poulain
Video assist/playback operatorCyprien Mur
Costume designerAgnès Noden
DirectorBenoît Delépine
DirectorGustave Kervern
Script supervisorCécile Rodolakis
EditorStéphane Elmadjian
GafferMichel Foropon
ProducerMarc Dujardin
JD Prod
JD Prod
ProducerBenoît Delépine
No Money Productions
No Money Productions
ProducerGustave Kervern
No Money Productions
No Money Productions
Production designerPhilippe Hournon 'Madphil'
Production managerPhilippe Godefroy
Unit manager (local system)Jean-Baptiste Fauchard
ScreenwriterGustave Kervern
ScreenwriterBenoît Delépine
Production sound mixerGuillaume Le Braz

Production companies

CompanyComment
No Money Productions [fr]
JD Prod [fr]
Arte France Cinéma [fr]
co-production
co-production
Hugar Prod [fr]
co-production
co-production

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Ad Vitam [fr]
Distribution France
Distribution France
Cinéart [be]
Distribution Belgique
Distribution Belgique
Goodfellas / Wild Bunch Distribution [fr]
World Sales
World Sales
Praesens-Film AG [ch]
Distribution Suisse
Distribution Suisse

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Benoît Delépine2018Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême [fr]
Avant-premières
Avant-premièresNominated
Benoît Delépine2018Locarno Festival [ch]
Piazza Grande - Clôture
Piazza Grande - ClôtureNominated
Gustave Kervern2018Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême [fr]
Avant-premières
Avant-premièresNominated
Gustave Kervern2018Locarno Festival [ch]
Piazza Grande - Clôture
Piazza Grande - ClôtureNominated

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2018FranceFestival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême
Avant premières
Avant premières
2018SwitzerlandLocarno Film Festival
Piazza Grande - Clôture
Piazza Grande - Clôture

TV-broadcast

TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
RepeatFrancearteWednesday, 06/10/2021, 8.55 PMFree-TV Premiere
RepeatFranceOCS [fr]Wednesday, 06/01/2021, 9.55 PMOCS City
RepeatFranceCiné+ [fr]Tuesday, 12/05/2020, 4.20 AMCiné+Frissons
RepeatFranceCiné+ [fr]Thursday, 26/03/2020, 3.35 PMCiné+ Club
RepeatFranceCiné+ [fr]Monday, 09/03/2020, 8.50 PMCiné+ Club
RepeatFranceCanal+ [fr]Monday, 24/06/2019, 8.50 PMCanal+ Cinéma

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 03/10/2018