
95 minutes
8/31/2005
French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to complete his latest project, a dramatic love story about a young couple whose relationship is complicated by the man's addiction to drugs. Short on funds, Vecchiali approaches the National Cinema Center, who offer loans and grants to independent filmmakers whom they believe are deserving. The NCC is less than impressed with Vecchiali's latest script, and they turn him down, just as they have done a number of times in the past. Angry and determined that the NCC will never break the spirit of another director, Vecchiali and his crew block out a plan to assassinate the nine members of the funding board, though the press and public seem more bemused than outraged by the sudden rash of killings.

Catherine Lachens
as Madame Bisance
Régine Benedetti
as Adélaïde Bisance

Jacqueline Danno
as Mrs. Minor

Hélène Surgère
as Concierge

Ysé Tran
as Concierge's friend

Béatrice Bruno
as Béatrice (brunette who follows Mandrin)
Emmanuel Broche
as Mandrin

Mathieu Marie
as Mathieu

Paul Vecchiali
as Monsieur Paul
Eric Rozier
as Rico

Françoise Lebrun
as Françoise, Paul's wife

Nicolas Silberg
as TV reporter

Patrick Raynal
as TV reporter

Thérèse Roussel
as Woman with shopping bag

Jean-Christophe Bouvet
as Vice-president of the Advance on Receipts Committee

Michel Delahaye
as Member of the Advance on Receipts Committee

Serge Feuillard
as Member of the Advance on Receipts Committee

Fabienne Babe
as Lover on the bench
Jérôme Reybaud
as Accomplice