A bald French filmmaker thinks he's dying so he throws the most chaotic party ever. Très meta, très messy.
Simon, a forty-year-old filmmaker, is more prone to shooting himself in the foot than he is to shooting films. After losing a bet, he shaves off his hair and discovers a strange bump on top of his scull. Believing he's got a terminal illness, he gathers his family, friends and actors at his house in the Lilas neighborhood in Paris to shoot the comedy of his life !
Writing
Razor-sharp self-satire about directors who can't get out of their own way.
Acting
Renaud Cohen's sweaty, desperate charm holds the whole mess together.
Director
Renaud Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title translates to 'In Case I Don't Win the Palme d'Or'—Cohen's actual Cannes anxiety made literal. The film premiered at Cannes in the Directors' Fortnight, not exactly winning that Palme.
Shot in Les Lilas, a working-class Paris suburb rarely seen in glossy French cinema. Cohen grew up there and insisted on location authenticity over postcard Paris.
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