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Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.
Casts

Jacques Villeret
Jacques Pouzay

André Dussollier
André Designy

Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Plaisance

Benoît Magimel
Emile Bailleul

Suzanne Flon
Marie Gerbier

Isabelle Candelier
Louise, Jacques' wife

Victor Garrivier
Félix Gerbier
Bernard Collins
Bernd

Damien Jouillerot
Lucien, Jacques's son

Jean-Claude Durand
Raoul, aka 'Cul Fanny'

Michel Cordes
Boss of the shooting

Nina-Paloma Polly
Françoise, Jacques' daughter
Maxime Fouard
Paulo

Solène Chavanne
Suzy
Romain Provvedi
Maurice

Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Emile's daughter in 1944
Juliette Delfau
Girl at the village hall
Romaine Friess
Girl at the village hall

Jacques Giraud
Station master
Gilles Jacquet
Rural warden
Bernard Bolzinger
Man in town hall

Manfred Andrae
Major

Alexander Held
SS officer

Michael Hanemann
Sergeant

Ernst-Georg Schwill
Sergeant at the station

Karl Jürgen Sihler
SS interpreter

Oliver Stern
Referral sentry

Cédric Weber
Orderly

Christian Koerner
Otto
Rémi Thiberge
Karl

Markus Fennert
Fritz
Crews

Guillaume Laurant
Writer

Louis Becker
Producer

Zbigniew Preisner
Original Music Composer

Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography

Jacques Witta
Editor
Maguy Aimé
Casting
Jean-Paul Becker
Producer
Sabine Schroth
Casting
Bruno Margery
Production Design
Thérèse Ripaud
Production Design
Sylvie de Segonzac
Costume Design
Marie-Anne Hum
Makeup Artist
Bernard Rochut
Sound

Jean Becker
Director

Jean Becker
Writer

Jean Cosmos
Writer
Wojciech Kowalewski
Musician

Michel Quint
Novel
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