Overview
Hippolyte, the titular oddball, is a far from typical country lawyer. He has been happily married to the woman of his dreams for 15 years, but has an incurable penchant for practical (or rather impractical) jokes.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the César Award for Best Actress (1993)
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Music
Music by Jean-Claude Petit
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Eduardo Serra
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Alexandre JardinWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 16, 1992
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Thierry LhermitteHippolyte Pecheral
Caroline CellierCamille
Christian PereiraGrégoire
Annie GrégorioMarie-Louise
François DyrekAlphonse- Carine LemaireNathalie
- Walter AllouchLaurent
Brigitte ChamarandeAnne
Jean-Marie CornilleDavid
Samuel LabartheNogaret
Philippe KhorsandCasenave
Maurice IllouzDurieux
Colette BergéMadame Mourleau
Pierre GallonLe proviseur
Laurent HennequinBonnange
Olivier BrocheriouBoyer- Nicolas Di TullioBerggrueur
Emmanuel FouquetLe facteur
Eric BérengerMalbuse
Jean-François DérecLe patron de l'hôtel
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