In 1987, Marcel Béliveau appeared on French TV show 'Surprise Sur Prises' and opened the doors of France to his fellow Québec comedians. Anthony Kavanagh, Michel Courtemanche, Stéphane Rousseau, Véronique Dicaire, Rachid Badouri and Sugar Sammy have all successfully tried their hand at French comedy, and the next generation of comedians is assured with Mariana Maza, Reda Saoui and Virginie Fortin. This documentary, commented by Québec and French personalities, retraces their history through hilarious sketches, cult parodies, TV and radio shows and happenings.
When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in the family: from the "new generation" fathers to the dictates of the perfect mother, as well as the taboos of parenthood, unmanageable teenagers, and unbearable mothers-in-law.
Anne Roumanoff (born 25 September 1965 in Paris) is a French comedian and actress. Anne Leila Roumanoff was born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, France. Her grandparents on one side were Ashkenazi Jews from Russia, and on the other side Sepharadic Jews, from Morocco she is affiliated to Rabbi Haim Cohen of Fes. Roumanoff attended her first theater school at the age of 12. She graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Roumanoff started her career in the television program La Classe on France 3, alongside Fabrice, Lagaf' and Jean-Marie Bigard in 1987. She became famous for her one-woman shows. Roumanoff became part of the team of French TV show Rien à cirer on France Inter with Laurent Ruquier in 1991. In 1998, she celebrated her ten-year career at the Olympia. In 2001, Roumanoff was the French voice of Coco la bouche in the animated feature Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. In 2003, her show Follement Roumanoff had a 13-month run at the Bobino Theater in Paris, then she started a tour in France and Quebec. In 2007, she celebrated her 20-year career with Anne a 20 ans at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris. From September 2007, she made a comic forum on the news, entitled On ne nous dit pas tout in the show Vivement Dimanche, hosted by Michel Drucker. Roumanoff has a husband and two daughters, Alice and Marie. Source: Article "Anne Roumanoff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.