Les Rois du gag (1985)

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two struggling comedians take jobs writing gags for a famous comic they used to hate. They become his partners and deal with the absurd situations that follow.

lightheartedcomedicbriskplayfulsillyentertainingironic

What happens

Les Rois du gag (lit. 'Kings of gags') is a 1985 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Michel Serrault (in a dual role), Gérard Jugnot and Thierry Lhermitte. It tells the story of two struggling comedians who get hired as writers and partners by a famous colleague whose work they originally despised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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