A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 10, 1997
Original Title:
XXL
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
GBVI
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.
Art Direction:
Yann Megard
Casting:
Pierre Amzallag
Costume Design:
Edith Vesperini
Director:
Ariel Zeitoun
Director of Photography:
Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty
Editor:
Hugues Darmois
Executive Producer:
Patrick Batteux
Foley Artist:
Laurent Lévy
Hairstylist:
Patrick Girault
Key Hair Stylist:
Ghislaine Tortereau
Key Makeup Artist:
Paul Le Marinel
Régine Navaro
Makeup Artist:
Nathalie Martel
Music:
Goran Bregović
Producer:
Alain Goldman
Production Design:
Dominique André
Rolf Grimsted
Jennifer Alex Nickason
Sound:
Alain Lévy
Vincent Tulli
Sound Designer:
Dominique Vieillard
Writer:
Florence Quentin
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