
Les convoyeurs attendent
1999, Film, 94 min, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 66
Roger Closset is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse and a long list of curious ideas, and his wife and children must often bear the brunt of his eccentricities. Roger works as a reporter, a job he doesn't like which doesn't pay especially well, either. One day, Roger learns an area business association is sponsoring a contest for a family that can break a world record, with the grand prize being a new car. Suddenly, Roger gets a brainstorm -- if his son can open and shut a door 40,000 times in 24 hours, the car will be theirs. 15-year-old Michel, however, is not at all happy to have been drafted into this new responsibility, especially when dad builds a practice door in the backyard and finds a trainer to teach Michel how to open and close it with greatest efficiency.
Directed by Benoît Mariage
Cast
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Roger Closset - le père
- Morgane Simon as Louise Closset - la fille
- Bouli Lanners as Coach
- Dominique Baeyens as Madeleine Closset - la mère
- Philippe Grand'Henry as Felix
- Jean-François Devigne as Michel Closset - le fils
- Lisa Lacroix as Jocelyne
- Philippe Nahon as Overseer
- Édith Le Merdy as Edith (Jocelyne's mother)
- Patrick Audin as Patrick (Jocelyne's father)
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