André le magnifique

André le magnifique — Plot

An actor who does not suffer fools gladly finds himself replaced by one in this comedy. The citizens of a French village decide to celebrate their history by staging a play that will chronicle memorable events from the town's past. The play's author, Alexis, casts his wife Janine (Isabelle Candelier) in the leading female role despite her odd way of delivering dialogue. However, for the male lead, Alexis hires an arrogant professional actor from Paris, Jean-Pascal Faix. The village simpleton, Andre , has volunteered to serve as a stagehand and prompter. When Andre mistakenly leads Jean-Pascal into a trash dumpster that's soon dragged away, he's convinced (falsely) that he's killed the Parisian actor -- and is determined to take his place so that the show will go on.

• Release date
• April 26, 2000
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Thibault Staib

André le magnifique — Cast

Michel Vuillermoz André Isabelle Candelier Janine Jean-Luc Porraz Jean-Pascal Patrick Ligardes Alexis Loïc Houdré Norbert Chantal Neuwirth Néné Philippe Uchan Couderc