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…
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Cast
14 people
Jean Dujardin
Jacques
Known for
The Artist
The Wolf of Wall Street
Yolande Moreau
Monique
Known for
Amélie
The Brand New Testament
Joseph Dahan
Manu (le menuisier)
Known for
Louise-Michel
Mammuth
Lou Castel
Grégory (le costaud)
Known for
Fists in the Pocket
Beware of a Holy Whore
Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Vincent (le libraire)
Known for
Paris Police 1900
The African Doctor
Jean-François Landon
Jean-François (le cuisinier)
No other roles listed
Jana Bittnerová
Béatrice (la starlette)
Known for
In the House
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Elsa Foucaud
Corinne (la timide)
No other roles listed
Marius Bertram
Mario (l'italien)
Also in
Near Death Experience
Roberto Succo
Frédéric Felder
Tarzan
Known for
Saint Amour
En même temps
Jeanne Goupil
La mère
Known for
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Cookies
Marie-Noëlle Terracol
La réceptionniste de l'hôtel thalasso
Also in
Camping Paradis
Benoît Delépine Director · Gustave Kervern Director Hugues Poulain Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4M · Budget $5.1M · First release August 11, 2018
Box office
Budget
$5,100,000
Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
JD Prod
Production
No Money Productions
Production
France
Produced in
Emmaüs
Working title
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 11, 2018
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
France · September 26, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
September 26, 2018 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 1, 2018 · Premiere · CPH PIX
France
August 24, 2018 · Premiere · Angoulême Film Festival
February 4, 2019 · Digital · VOD
February 5, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Greece
August 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 4, 2019 · Theatrical
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