Overview

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…

Top Cast

Jean Dujardin

Jacques

Yolande Moreau

Monique

Joseph Dahan

Manu (le menuisier)

Lou Castel

Grégory (le costaud)

Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Vincent (le libraire)

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Jean-François Landon

Jean-François (le cuisinier)

Jana Bittnerová

Béatrice (la starlette)

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Elsa Foucaud

Corinne (la timide)

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Marius Bertram

Mario (l'italien)

Frédéric Felder

Tarzan

Jeanne Goupil

La mère

Marie-Noëlle Terracol

La réceptionniste de l'hôtel thalasso