January 1st 2002. 1st day of Euro currency. The window of a cash dispenser is lifting up on a square, in Paris. 23 amazing characters will be meeting each other there, all along this very particular day...
Acting
Jean Dujardin before OSS 117, already serving committed idiocy.
Practical Effects
Single-location chaos with 23 actual humans in frame.
Writing
Interlocking coincidences that would make Tarantino dizzy.
Director
Hugo Gélin
Didier Bourdon
Le mendiant aux milliards
Zabou Breitman
La joueuse
Cécile Cassel
La comédienne ratée
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Le balayeur claquettiste
Lorella Cravotta
La femme impatiente
Jean Dujardin
Jean-Luc
Daniel Gélin
Abdel-Robert
Alexandra Lamy
La pin-up
François Levantal
Le goldenboy
Josiane Lévêque
Une commère
Dominique Marcas
Une commère
Patrice Melennec
Le chef de Jean-Luc
François Morel
Le malchanceux
Isabelle Nanty
La mère riche
Daniel Russo
L'homme d'affaires
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released exactly on January 1, 2002, the real Euro launch date. France replaced the franc with chaotic optimism and this film captured that specific moment of national identity crisis.
Hugo Gélin and Ruben Alves were 23-year-old film students when they made this. The 23 characters matching their age was apparently intentional pretension.
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