Acting
Bigard's unhinged everyman energy carries the whole thing
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheap futuristic costumes and cardboard sets
Writing
Ruthless satire that doesn't care who it offends
Director
Jean-François Davy
Jean-Marie Bigard
La Boétie
Florence Thomassin
Hélène
Dominique Pinon
Noël
Isabelle De Hertogh
Lola
Michel Aumont
Pépé Canaille
Lola Marois-Bigard
Framboise
Sophie Vouzelaud
Mélodie
Dounia Coesens
Florence
Rufus
Lucien
Angélique Litzenburger
Nini
Henri Guybet
Le cardinal
Philippe Caroit
Président Fassola
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Montaigne
Venantino Venantini
Luigi Pirandello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-François Davy shot this in 12 days with largely improvised dialogue after the initial script was deemed 'too coherent.'
The title parodies the 1981 Mitterrand socialist slogan 'Vive la crise' became a far-right meme; Davy reclaimed it as absurdist critique.
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