100 minutes
8/15/1979
Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To add insult to injury, he tells Victor he is paunchy. The unfortunate man becomes obsessed by his weight. He goes out of his way to lose pounds, abetted by his wife, Corinne, who puts him on a reducing diet. He must also go to a health center where he takes exercise. Nothing really works. And one day, in a brewery, he cannot withstand his diet anymore and he has a gastronomic meal. Desperate, he tries his luck at a weight watchers reunion.
Peter Ustinov
as Victor Lasnier
Bernadette Lafont
as Corinne
Catherine Alric
as Patricia
Sylvie Joly
as Docteur Menkevitch
Jacques Jouanneau
as Orlandi
Michel Modo
as Le clerc de notaire
Alfred Adam
as Le producteur Blangenstein
Virginie Pradal
as La chauffeuse de taxi
Maurice Illouz
as Jean-Louis, l'entraîneur club de gym
Dominique Davray
Françoise Deldick
as Gilberte, des Weight Watchers
Paul-Émile Deiber
as Le diététicien
Daniel Derval
as L'homo du club de gym
Yves Elliot
as Marcel, des Weight Watchers
Serge Nubret
as Le body-builder club de gym
Michel Vocoret
as Charles, le vieil ami