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Director:

Étienne Chatiliez

Writer:

Florence Quentin (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

31 January 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Plot:

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations more

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Cast

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Michel Serrault ... Francis Bergeade
Eddy Mitchell ... Gérard 'Gégé' Tilier
Sabine Azéma ... Nicole Bergeade
Carmen Maura ... Dolores Thivart
François Morel ... Pouillaud
Guilaine Londez ... Zig Thivart
Virginie Darmon ... Puce Thivart
Alexandra London ... Géraldine Bergeade
Christophe Kourotchkine ... Rémi
Jean Bousquet ... Père Léonard
Eric Cantona ... Lionel - un rugbyman
Joël Cantona ... Nono
Catherine Jacob ... Lolotte - la femme d' André
Daniel Russo ... André - le patron de l'hôtel-restaurant
Roger Gicquel ... Charles - un animateur TV
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Happiness Is in the Field (USA)
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Runtime:

106 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Auch, Gers, France more

Company:

Canal+ more


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Fairy tale, 15 December 2002

The most delightful daydream has always been the one in which you're put into an environment completely different from the one you know, and you become much happier as a result. In the cinema, this has resulted in some classics: A Yankee in King Arthur's Court comes to mind, or Chatiliez's first film, La vie est une longue fleuve tranquille, which hangs on two babies being switched at birth, and the families find out about it many years later.

This picture has the great Michel Serrault playing the lead, a frustrated businessman who is mistaken for a man who disappeared many years before, and who is tracked down via a TV show that specializes in this sort of squirm-inducing hokum. He's only too glad to abandon the snobby, sarcastic wife (Sabine Azema) he's spent miserable years with, to go live with Carmen Maura in the sun of Provence. There is the sense that the dream cannot go on forever, but you enjoy how the story plays out.

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