At 33 years old, and after numerous failed attempt to make it as a musician, Chris still lives with his mother. One day he crosses paths with a young missionary in need of a guitarist for his new religious band, he recruits Chris and disguises him as Father Christophe.
Acting
Michaël Youn's desperate, endearing chaos
Direction
Dudan balances sacrilege with genuine warmth
Writing
Sharp French wit that lands every fake-priest panic
Director
Pierre Dudan
Michaël Youn
Chris
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Father Marc
Victoria Bedos
Jeanne
Bernard Le Coq
Father Bernard
Jarry
Father Luc
Simon Astier
Brother Julien
JoeyStarr
Mec
Vincent Desagnat
Joseph
Jean-François Gallotte
Father Gilles
Stéphanie Murat
Marie
Gérard Boucaron
Father Noël
Philippe Villiers
Cistercian monk
Clara Huet
Marie-Madeleine
Aliou Cissé
Father Nestor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michaël Youn, once France's biggest comedy star, deliberately took smaller roles like this to rebuild credibility after box office flops.
The film satirizes France's unique relationship with Catholicism—culturally omnipresent yet spiritually optional—a tension American audiences often miss.
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