The Gag Kings (Les Rois du Gag) (1985)
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Gaetan (Michel Serrault) is a television comic whose jokes have kept his program alive, but in more recent times, his senior gag writers have not had their hand on the pulse of his changing audience. A series of circumstances bring two young cafe-theater comedy writers to the rescue (Thierry… More Gaetan (Michel Serrault) is a television comic whose jokes have kept his program alive, but in more recent times, his senior gag writers have not had their hand on the pulse of his changing audience. A series of circumstances bring two young cafe-theater comedy writers to the rescue (Thierry Lhermitte and Gerard Jugnot), partially due to Gaetan's efforts. The new material is so successful that Gaetan is offered the lead in a serious feature-length movie, and if he had any hesitation about the venture, his wife squelched it with visions of a higher social and economic standing for them both. But the project does not go exactly as planned, and before he knows it, Gaetan runs into trouble. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Claude Zidi
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 12, 1985 Wide
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Cast
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Michel Serrault
as Gaetan/Wellson
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Gérard Jugnot
as Paul
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Thierry Lhermitte
as Francois
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Macha Méril
as Jacqueline
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Mathilda May
as Alexandra
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Coluche
as Georges
