Overview
Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
Cast
- Guy Bedos as Emile Magis
- Jean Rochefort as Victor Dugommier
- Marie Dubois as Hortense Berthoullet
- Michel Galabru as Gaston Berthoullet
- Bernadette Lafont as Rose
- Renaud Mary as General advocate
- France Gabriel as Madame Berthoullet
- Lyne Chardonnet as Charlotte Berthoullet
- Catherine Hubeau as Lucie Berthoullet
- Philippe Defrance as Henri