The story
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…
Cast & crew
Jean DujardinJacques
Yolande MoreauMonique
Joseph DahanManu (le menuisier)
Lou CastelGrégory (le costaud)
Jean-Benoît UgeuxVincent (le libraire)Jean-François Landon
Jean-François LandonJean-François (le cuisinier)
Jana BittnerováBéatrice (la starlette)Elsa Foucaud
Elsa FoucaudCorinne (la timide)Marius Bertram
Marius BertramMario (l'italien)
Frédéric FelderTarzan
Jeanne GoupilLa mère
Marie-Noëlle TerracolLa réceptionniste de l'hôtel thalassoExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Hugues Poulain
- Producer
- Benoît Delépine
- Screenplay
- Benoît Delépine
- Producer
- Marc Dujardin
- Producer
- Gustave Kervern
- Screenplay
- Gustave Kervern
- Director
- Benoît Delépine
- Director
- Gustave Kervern