Krapatchouk

Story

Synopsis

Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that political changes have rendered their homeland nonexistent, and their passports are no good. Before long, they are stranded in Paris without passports, without a country, and soon even their luggage is stolen. Their fumbling efforts to straighten out the mess result in the French press getting into the act, labeling them as Russian spies. The Parisian expatriate community takes them into its bosom, and romance blooms between one of the lads and a Spanish hatmaker, before they finally achieve a (highly improbable) solution for their difficulties.

Director

Enrique Gabriel

Writers

Enrique Gabriel

Language

French

Country

Belgium, Spain, France

Release date

7 April 1993

Ensemble

Cast

• Guy Pion

  Polsi

• 

  Pyotr Zaychenko

  Tchelorek

• 

  Ángela Molina

  Lisa

• 

  Didier Flamand

  Lagachis

• 

  Jean-Pierre Sentier

  Marceau

• 

  Óscar Ladoire

  Arthur

• Hadi El Gammal

  Ahmed

• 

  Serge-Henri Valcke

  Fuselier

• 

  Mary Santpere

  Cornélia

• 

  Serge Marquand

  Philemon

• 

  Jean-Christophe Bouvet

  Ministre

• Catherine Vichniakoff

  Femme Projévitsa