Bonsoir

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Writers

Jean-Pierre Mocky, André Ruellan, Jacques Bacelon

Language

French

Release date

19 January 1994

Ensemble

Cast

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  Michel Serrault

  Alex Ponttin

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  Marie-Christine Barrault

  Marie Wileska

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  Claude Jade

  Caroline Winberg

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  Corinne Le Poulain

  Gloria

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  Jean-Claude Dreyfus

  Inspecteur Bruneau

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  Jean-Pierre Bisson

  Marcel Dumont

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  Maaike Jansen

  Yvonne

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  Catherine Mouchet

  Eugénie

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  Serge Riaboukine

  Le père Bonfils

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  Roland Blanche

  De Tournefort

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  Jean Abeillé

  Commissaire Corbeau

• Laurence Vincendon

  Catherine Winberg