A cheating scandal, a fake love letter, and TWO Belmondos? French farce at peak chaos.
Raymonde Chandebise suspects her husband Victor-Emmanuel of cheating on her. Her best friend advises her to find out for sure and to use a stratagem. Both of them send him a false letter, written by a beautiful stranger, giving him an appointment at the "Minet Galant"! But they are completely unaware that the hotel's waiter, a simpleton, is a look-alike of poor Victor-Emmanuel!
Acting
Belmondo plays twins with glorious commitment
Direction
Pure Feydeau farce precision, barely contained
Costume
Belle Époque lingerie and bellboy uniforms
Director
Yves Di Tullio
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise / Poche
Cristiana Réali
Raymonde Chandebise
Pierre Vernier
Romain Tournel
Sabine Haudepin
Lucienne Homénides de Histangua
Charlotte Kady
Lucienne Homénides de Histangua
Antoine Duléry
Carlos Homénides de Histangua
Laurent Gamelon
Augustin Ferraillon
Arlette Didier
Olympe Ferraillon
Annie Grégorio
Eugénie
Serge Berry
Baptistin
Jean-Paul Bordes
Camille Chandebise
Urbain Cancelier
Étienne
Brigitte Chamarande
Antoinette
Paul Bandey
Rugby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adapts Georges Feydeau's 1907 'La Puce à l'oreille,' the defining play of French bedroom farce that still runs Parisian stages today.
Belmondo insisted on doing his own pratfalls despite being 63 and having already suffered serious injuries on previous films.
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