Synopsis

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Fabien, a comedy actor, realizes he doesn't have his loyalty card while shopping. Despite the threat from a security guard, he manages to escape. Thus begins a merciless run for him, as he quickly becomes public enemy number one. As the media seizes the story and the country is in turmoil, the fugitive, torn between remorse and existential questions, finds an unexpected refuge somewhere in Lozère.

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Technical Specifications

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Genre: Comedy

Directed by: François Desagnat

Written by: François Desagnat and Jean-Luc Gaget

Adapted from the comic book "Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï" by Fabcaro published by Éditions 6 Pieds Sous Terre.

Starring: Jean-Paul Rouve, Julie Depardieu, Ramzy Bedia, Julie Gayet, and Yolande Moreau

Producers: Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber (24 25 Films)

Co-producers: Apollo Films Distribution - Orange Studio, France 3 Cinéma, La Compagnie Cinématographique, and Panache Productions

With the participation of: France Télévisions, Canal +, Ciné +, and C8

In association with: SG Image 2018, Indéfilms 8, and Cinéventure 5

Distribution: Apollo Films Distribution - Orange Studio

Release Date: February 23, 2022

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Awards

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Liège International Comedy Film Festival: Critics' Prize/UPCB

Selections

Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival (Official Selection)

Geneva International Film Festival (Future is sensible)

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival

L’Étrange Festival

Les Egaluantes Festival

Paul Va au Cinéma

Croisic Film Festival "From Page to Image"

Muret International Film Festival

Alès Cinema Festival – Itinérances

Under the Stars Cinema Festival

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Press Review

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"Funny, caustic, poetic, sometimes even surreal, Desagnat's film surprises while remaining very faithful to the spirit of the original work."

Le Figaro - 02/22/2022

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"The acceptance of this hero who undergoes dreadful things without rebelling is an endless source of laughter, especially when he gives acting lessons to the security guard who arrested him."

20 Minutes - 02/22/2022

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"François Desagnat adapts Fabcaro's eponymous comic book and signs a completely irresistible fable, provided one connects with its offbeat and deadpan humor. Jean-Paul Rouve is perfect as a fugitive at the end of his rope."

Télé Loisirs - 02/22/2022

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"Just like Fabcaro's comic book, the film delivers a delightful satire of infobesity, the vacuity of continuous news channels, their so-called experts who spout hot air, the buzz, or the contemporary propensity for conspiracy theories demonstrated in two clichés and three barroom aphorisms. The film becomes a joyful counterpoint to the media polarization of discourses in a France in a post-pandemic presidential campaign. Sometimes parody is worth more than all speeches."

La Libre - 02/23/2022