Alibi.com is a company that provides its customers with a special kind of
service. Greg, the company's founder, and his new employee Medhi have
ample scope to exercise their creativity when it comes to inventing ingenious
alibis for their paying clients. Naturally, Greg is keen to keep his
business arrangements from his girlfriend Flo, an attractive blonde who hates
nothing more than a man who lies. All goes well until Flo introduces
her new boyfriend to her parents. It turns out that Flo's father is
one of Greg's customers...
Script: Julien Arruti,
Pierre Dudan,
Philippe Lacheau
Photo: Dominique Colin
Music: Maxime Desprez,
Michaël Tordjman
Cast: Philippe Lacheau (Grégory Van Huffel),
Élodie Fontan (Flo),
Julien Arruti (Mehdi),
Tarek Boudali (Augustin),
Didier Bourdon (Gérard),
Medi Sadoun (Garcia, le Gitan),
Vincent Desagnat (Romain),
Alice Dufour (Clara),
Philippe Duquesne (Maurice),
Chantal Ladesou (La vétérinaire),
Laouni Mouhid (La Fouine),
Michèle Laroque (Françoise),
Kad Merad (Monsieur Godet),
Samy Naceri (Le chauffeur de taxi),
Jo Prestia (Prosper),
Norman Thavaud (Paul-Edouard),
Joey Starr (Mc Stocma),
David Bancel (Wolverine),
Adèle Bernier (Mamour),
Paco Buisson (Serveur)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
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