Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle drops his wife Sophie off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie, who has just had a fight with her married boyfriend. He gets her back to his apartment and is preparing for a sexy weekend, when his wife suddenly returns home. He makes up a bizarre, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment story that the gorgeous girl is actually his long-lost daughter. Julie plays along, but this leads to a whole series of increasingly ridiculous lies and comical situations (such as when her real mother shows up).
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Cast
45 people
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Stephane Margelle
Known for
Breathless
Pierrot le Fou
Sophie Marceau
Julie
Known for
Braveheart
The World Is Not Enough
Marie Laforêt
Sophie Margelle
Known for
Purple Noon
The Vultures
Rosy Varte
Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie
Known for
Antoine and Colette
The Night Caller
Michel Beaune
Rousseau
Known for
The Professional
The Loner
Marie-Christine Descouard
Melle Fleury
Known for
The Professional
Gérard Hernandez
Le serveur du restaurant indien
Known for
Fantastic Planet
Lucky Luke
Elisabeth Kolhammar
Marguerite, la bonne
Also in
Next Summer
Flora Alberti
Also in
The Jewel of the Nile
Pizzaiolo et Mozzarel
Marc Lamole
Le médecin
Known for
The Professional
Cop or Hood
Maurice Auzel
Le chauffeur de taxi myope
Known for
Ace of Aces
The Vultures
Laura Ballard
Le belle nageuse
Georges Lautner Director · Jean Poiret Writer Philippe Sarde Composer
United States release November 11, 1984 · Produced in France · Languages French, Hungarian
Production
Sara Films
Production
rené chateau
Production
Cerito Films
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Joyeuses Pâques
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Hungarian
Release dates
France · October 24, 1984
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 1984
Theatrical
Germany
November 11, 1984 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
March 31, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
June 1, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 25, 1985 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 5, 1986 · Theatrical
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