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Director:

Ariel Zeitoun

Writer:

Florence Quentin (original scenario, adaptation and dialogue)

Contact:

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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:

Nice family movie more (2 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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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References Serpico (1973) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Nice family movie, 24 July 2006
7/10
Author: jlbelard from Washington DC

Just watched this movie on the french TV5 channel. Nice change from a lot of french movies with either too much unnecessary sex scenes, or so complicated plots that you need to take a handful of aspirin to follow. This one is to cinema what easy listening is to music. A simple plot, two exciting places i.e. Le Sentier in Paris and a nice village in Auvergne, and most of all two great actors. The interaction between Depardieu and Boujenah is perfect. The Stern brothers are an interesting duet between the younger who is totally grateful to the family from Auvergne which helped them during the war and his older brother who believes that gratitude is not eternal. To conclude, I liked a lot this unpretentious film and I was pleasantly surprised these 100 minutes passed so fast.

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