Loïc, a chestnut seller, has a mistress who wants a baby. Not daring to admit to her that he had the mumps late in life, he finds other excuses. Until the day he meets Claire, an old girlfriend, who has a little boy. Loïc finds the resemblance between the little boy and himself enormous and is convinced that he is his father...
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Cast
30 people
Clémentine Célarié
Claire Chaumette
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Betty Blue
Zabou Breitman
Odile
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Roland Giraud
Loic Mast
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Three Men and a Cradle
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Olivier Schatzky
Stéphane Freiss
Bob, le frère de Loïc
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Welcome to the Sticks
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François Berléand
Le beau-frère de Loïc
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The Transporter
The Chorus
Maaike Jansen
Chotska
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Shooting Stars
Maka Kotto
Arthur
Known for
Marche à l'ombre
Stéphane Duchemin
Eric, le fils de Claire
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Preuve d'amour
Marc Jolivet
Fabrice
Also in
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Alors... Heureux ?
Caroline Chaniolleau
Jeanne, la soeur
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Jeanne du Barry
DNA
Robert Rimbaud
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Pierre Jolivet Director · Olivier Schatzky Writer
First release September 10, 1986 · Produced in France · Production C.A.P.A.C., Investimage
Production
Fildebroc
Production
C.A.P.A.C.
Production
Investimage
Production
France
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Original title
Le Complexe du kangourou
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 10, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 12, 1987 · Toronto Film Festival
Germany
July 16, 1987
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