On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Louis de Funès, this documentary by Jacques Pessis pays tribute to the cult actor by retracing his career through excerpts of his greatest successes in the cinema and in the music hall, never-before-seen archives, as well as testimonies from personalities and relatives.
July 14, 1962. It's the excitement at the famous cabaret "Le Glamour". The alluring singer Lola-Lola begins a new singing tour: we are sold out. But stupor and disaster! In the basement, in the toilets kept by the cantankerous Penelope, we discover a corpse in the ladies' room.
Springtime in the French vineyards of Champagne. Patrick has gathered his oldest friends for his bachelor party. The trouble is, everyone hates his future wife. This could thus become one hellish weekend in gourmet paradise.
Philippe Chevallier (born 11 January 1956 in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French comedian and actor best known for his collaboration with Régis Laspalès. In 2002 he starred in Ma femme s'appelle Maurice. Source: Article "Philippe Chevallier (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.