Bonsoir

Jan 19, 1994

1h 25m

★ 3.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Koala Films

M6 Films

Lonely Pictures

Bonsoir Trailers

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Cast

Alex Ponttin

Michel Serrault

Marie Wileska

Marie-Christine Barrault

Caroline Winberg

Claude Jade

Gloria

Corinne Le Poulain

Inspecteur Bruneau

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Marcel Dumont

Jean-Pierre Bisson

Yvonne

Maaike Jansen

Eugénie

Catherine Mouchet

Le père Bonfils

Serge Riaboukine

De Tournefort

Roland Blanche

Commissaire Corbeau

Jean Abeillé

Catherine Winberg

Laurence Vincendon

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