Coco (2009)
Directed by Gad Elmaleh

Comedy

Film Synopsis

At 40, self-made man Coco has realised just about every dream he could ever imagined when he first arrived in France, 15 years earlier, a penniless immigrant.  But he has one great challenge ahead of him: to arrange the bar mitzvah for his son.  He sees this as the national event of the year, and nothing must be allowed to go wrong.  His relatives have a different idea, however...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gad Elmaleh
  • Script: Gad Elmaleh
  • Cinematographer: Gilles Henry
  • Cast: Gad Elmaleh (Coco), Pascale Arbillot (Agathe), Jean Benguigui (Zerbib), Manu Payet (Steve), Ary Abittan (Max), Daniel Cohen (Mimo), Noémie Lvovsky (Brigitte), Gladys Cohen (Evelyne), Nicolas Jouxtel (Samuel), Léane Grimaud (Julia), Jacques Spiesser (Le préfet), Gérard Depardieu (Le cardiologue), Enrico Macias (Le tailleur), François Berland, Etienne Draber, Alexis Sellam, Eric Moreau (Le serveur classe mariage juif-bar vitjha)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 105 min

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