Overview

French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to complete his latest project, a dramatic love story about a young couple whose relationship is complicated by the man's addiction to drugs. Short on funds, Vecchiali approaches the National Cinema Center, who offer loans and grants to independent filmmakers whom they believe are deserving. The NCC is less than impressed with Vecchiali's latest script, and they turn him down, just as they have done a number of times in the past. Angry and determined that the NCC will never break the spirit of another director, Vecchiali and his crew block out a plan to assassinate the nine members of the funding board, though the press and public seem more bemused than outraged by the sudden rash of killings.

Top Cast

Catherine Lachens

Madame Bisance

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Régine Benedetti

Adélaïde Bisance

Jacqueline Danno

Mrs. Minor

Hélène Surgère

Concierge

Ysé Tran

Concierge's friend

Béatrice Bruno

Béatrice (brunette who follows Mandrin)

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Emmanuel Broche

Mandrin

Mathieu Marie

Mathieu

Paul Vecchiali

Monsieur Paul

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Eric Rozier

Rico

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise, Paul's wife

Nicolas Silberg

TV reporter