Directed by:
Patrice LeconteCinematography:
Eduardo SerraCast:
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob, Michel Blanc, Clotilde Courau, Albert Delpy, Jacques Nolot, Max Desrau (more)Plots(1)
Three old actors attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou. Also on the tour are the flighty leading actress Carla Milo, and a desperate producer, Shapiron, who knows the show is likely to be a disaster... Victor and Eddie are two ageing actors who seem destined to spend the rest of their careers dashing from theatre to theatre to play bit parts. When they learn that a touring theatre company is about to start rehearsals for a production of the farce "Scoubidou", they decide it is time for a comeback. They persuade the play's producer, Shapiron, to hire them, at a reduced rate, and then coerce their temperamental friend Georges Cox into joining them. Realising that the show is likely to be a disaster, Shapiron asks his leading lady, Carla Milo, to feign an illness so they can collect the show's insurance money. When she refuses, the increasingly irrational Shapiron resorts to ever desperate measures to sabotage the production... (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Jean-Pierre Marielle
France
Best movies:
The Common Man (1975)
Hold-Up (1985)
Tom Thumb (1972)
Philippe Noiret
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Old Gun (1975)
Jean Rochefort
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
Catherine Jacob
France
Best movies:
The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004)
L'Enfant d'une autre (2006) (TV movie)
The Thirst for Gold (1993)
Michel Blanc
France
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
Prospero's Books (1991)
The Tenant (1976)
Clotilde Courau
France
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
Babysitting (2014)
Elisa (1995)
Albert Delpy
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Before Sunset (2004)
The Violent People (1970)
Jacques Nolot
France
Best movies:
One Deadly Summer (1983)
The Specialists (1985)
Long Live Life (1984)
Max Desrau
France
Best movies:
Le Magnifique (1973)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
Service Entrance (1954)
Nathalie Krebs
Best movies:
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Lautrec (1998)
Dominique Besnehard
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Betty Blue (1986)
Laurence Lerel
Switzerland
Best movies:
La Séparation (1994)
Les Grands Ducs (1996)
Six-Pack (2000)
Étienne Draber
France
Best movies:
May Fools (1990)
Ridiculous (1996)
Diva (1981)
Jacques Mathou
Best movies:
Betty Blue (1986)
Ridiculous (1996)
Tombés du ciel (1993)
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
Girl on the Bridge (1999)
Ridiculous (1996)
Laurence Ragon
Best movies:
The Threat (1977)
Le Choix des armes (1981)
The Green Room (1978)
José Fumanal
Best movies:
Sarah's Key (2010)
Ridiculous (1996)
Les Grands Ducs (1996)
Gérard Sergue
Best movies:
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Ridiculous (1996)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Pierre-Arnaud Juin
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Salsa (2000)
The Escape of Louis XVI (2008)
Marie Pillet
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Before Sunset (2004)
Ridiculous (1996)