Le schpountz (1999)

Original title

Le Schpountz

Directed by

Gérard Oury

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man dreams of being an actor and avoids working in his family's grocery shop. He gets tricked by a film crew into believing he has a real acting contract and goes to Paris.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulmildly absurdeasygoinghopefulcomicalgently satirical

What happens

Le schpountz is a 1999 French film directed by Gérard Oury (a remake of the 1938 film Le Schpountz by Marcel Pagnol). Irénée does not want to work in his uncle's grocery shop and spends his time dreaming of becoming an actor. Irénée's chance comes when a crew of movie makers came to his little village. Irénée begins to go overboard to get noticed, which earns him the traditional joke reserved to a "schpountz" (naive person): a phoney contract and a departure for Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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