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4.1/10   156 votes
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Director:
Ariel Zeitoun
Writer:
Florence Quentin (original scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
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Release Date:
10 December 1997 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Un film qui a les idées larges
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User Comments:
Nothing you've seen before more (2 total)

Cast

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Michel Boujenah ... Alain Berrebi

Gérard Depardieu ... Jean Bourdalou
Elsa Zylberstein ... Arlette Stern
Catherine Jacob ... Lorène Benguigui

Gina Lollobrigida ... Gaby Berrebi
Gad Elmaleh ... Samy
Felix Fiebich ... Nathan Stern
Maurice Chevit ... David Stern
Jenny Clève ... Renée Bourdalou
Anna Loubeyre ... Mémé Perret
Delphine Schiltz ... Morgane
Pierre Zimmer ... Baptiste Bourdalou
Oulage Abour ... Marco
Emmanuelle Riva ... Sonia Stern
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isaach Brami ... Salomon
Didier Cauchy ... Labro
Jérôme Chalou ... Automobiliste
Léon Cornut ... Curé
Paulette Djilali ... Nénée

Eriq Ebouaney ... Omar
Pascal Elbé ... François Stern
Frédéric Ester ... Boxeur
Eric Fourniols ... Chauffeur taxi new york
Franck Giraud ... Garçon de café
Alain Goldman ... Religieux
Samir Guesmi ... Livreur pizza
Maurice Illouz ... Médecin

Sylvia Kauders ... Secrétaire
Muriel Kenn ... Zana
Richard Laune ... Livreur fleurs
Maurice Levy ... Elie
Nordine Mouchi ... Boxeur
Yann Roussel ... Patron chinois
Birgitta Scholz ... Kim
Luc Sindres ... Commerçant
Sidney Smadja ... Entraineur match de boxe

Karen Strassman ... Attachée de presse

Vincent Tulli ... Chauffeur
Charlotte Vermeil ... La Styliste
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
XXL, Un film qui a les idées larges (France) (poster title)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | Yiddish | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13
Company:
Gaumont more

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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Nothing you've seen before, 1 March 2000
2/10
Author: Phroggy from Paris, France

This one looks like a multi-stars, multi-budgeted rehash of Thomas Gilou's smash hit "La vérité si je mens", playing again on the manierism of the French Jewish community from the garment district. The first half-an-hour is so cliché-ridden it turns boring, then it catches some life, but gives too little, too late. The whole scenario feels like something taken out of a Seventies comedy reject, when French cinema rode on clichés and poor production value. Poorly marketed in France (nobody knew what it exactly was about.), this one went straight to video in other countries, and it has the feel of a so-so TV movie. Yes, even now, French cinema keeps on churning this kind of old-fashioned time-waster. too bad so many good actors got caught in the lurch.

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