Bonsoir

Bonsoir

1994 · 85 min · ★ 4.1 · Comedy

Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky · Written by Jean-Pierre Mocky

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Michel Serrault Alex Ponttin
Marie-Christine Barrault Marie Wileska
Claude Jade Caroline Winberg
Corinne Le Poulain Gloria
Jean-Claude Dreyfus Inspecteur Bruneau
Jean-Pierre Bisson Marcel Dumont
Maaike Jansen Yvonne
Catherine Mouchet Eugénie
Serge Riaboukine Le père Bonfils
Roland Blanche De Tournefort
Jean Abeillé Commissaire Corbeau
Laurence Vincendon Catherine Winberg

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