A bank promotion turns into a commuter's nightmare when success requires learning to drive at 40.
Michel Martenot (Louis Velle) works in a bank consumption, is recommended and intended for children. His professional skills were appreciated by his boss and promoted Michel. He becomes deputy director of an agency in central Paris. Unfortunately, not having a driving license means that you will have to track a lot of time commuting to public transport. To start the business on his family and professional life.
Acting
Louis Velle's escalating desperation is perfectly calibrated.
Direction
Girault's precise comic timing in driving lesson disasters.
Director
Jean Girault
Louis Velle
Michel Martenot
Pascale Roberts
Geneviève Martenot
Robert Castel
L'agent de police
Paul Préboist
Le chef de gare
Pierre Tornade
Le directeur de la banque
Maurice Biraud
Le premier moniteur d'auto-école
Daniel Prévost
Le deuxième moniteur d'auto-école
Jacques Legras
L'examinateur du permis de conduire
Chantal Nobel
L'hôtesse d'accueil
Jacques Jouanneau
Bastien, beau-frère de Michel
Bernard Lavalette
Le PDG de la banque
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1974 comedy captures France's automotive transition period, when car ownership became essential for white-collar respectability rather than luxury.
Director Jean Girault was the undisputed king of French popular comedy, having directed all six Gendarme de Saint-Tropez films with Louis de Funès.
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