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Director:
Jacques Besnard
Writers:
Jean Halain (writer) &
Louis de Funès (writer) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
9 September 1966 (France) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy more
Plot:
Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Step in the restaurant where humor is served hot and cold! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Louis de Funès ... Monsieur Septime
Bernard Blier ... Le commissaire divisionnaire
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez ... Sophia
Venantino Venantini ... Henrique
Juan Ramírez ... Le général
Noël Roquevert ... Le ministre
Folco Lulli ... Le président Novalès
Yves Arcanel ... Henri
René Berthier
Albert Dagnant ... Un conspirateur
Robert Dalban ... Le conspirateur francais
Eugene Deckers ... Le complice de Novalès (as Eugène Deckers)
Robert Destain ... Le baron
Bernard Dumaine ... Le client satisfait
Jacques Dynam ... Un serveur
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Big Restaurant (International: English title)
What's Cooking in Paris (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:82 min | France:85 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the sliding upside-down car finally comes to a stop on the frozen lake, you can clearly see that there's no one inside it, which conflicts with the close up interior shots of Monsieur Septime and the secretary. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) (TV) more

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Step in the restaurant where humor is served hot and cold!, 15 February 2002

As a Funés fan, it's hard for me to pick the best ones, but this would definitely stand in my top ten! ...or say top fifteen. This time he is the chef of very exclusive Paris restaurant.

Choleric as ever, he wants everything to be in the right order or even better. Problems occur when president of one unnamed country gets kidnaped while having a dinner at Septim's. With police and gangsters behind his back he tries to find the missing head of state by himself. And obviously a lot of fun happens during this adventure.

Funés is gorgeous as always, very energetic with funny gesticulation. The plot is simple, but cleverly written with many surprising turnovers. And add in the fabulous scene where DS Citroen falls into Sienna river, continuing its ride as a boat and you get the great entertaining movie of comedy empire of those times! Step in, tastes fresh and makes you laugh after all these years:-)

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