Executive Producer : Alain Poiré
Director : Gérard Oury
Screenwriters : Gérard Oury, Albert Algoud
Actors : Smain , Sabine Azéma, Ticky Holgado, Martin Lamotte, Annie Grégorio, Jean-Marie Juan, Jean-Jérôme Esposito, Jean-Marie Winling
Director of Photography : François Lartigue
Sound Recordist : Alain Sempé
Production Managers : Philippe Desmoulins, Henri Brichetti
Press Attachés (film) : Dominique Segall, Laurent Renard
Editor : Catherine Kelber
Continuity supervisor : Isabelle Perrin-Thevenet
Production Designer : Dominique André
Music Composer : Vladimir Cosma
Costume Designer : Jacqueline Bouchard
Still Photographer : Vincent Rossell

Belgium : Belga films
Released 10/20/99

BRUSSELS : Belga films
Released 10/20/99

FRENCH-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND : Monopole Pathé
Released 9/24/99

Switzerland : Monopole Pathé
Released 9/24/99

Feature film, Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1999
French release : 25/08/1999
Runtime : 1h 24mn
Current status : Released
Visa issue date : 04/06/1999
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color

Baptiste Fabre runs a small grocery in a village near Marseille. He has raised not only his son Casimir, but also his nephew Irénée. Whereas Casimir has his feet on the ground and will make a good businessman, Irénée is whimsical and shows little aptitude for the grocer's trade. He loves the movies and is convinced he's a born actor – he dreams of becoming a star and is just waiting for his chance to come along. While making a delivery in the van with Casimir, Irénée meets a crew scouting locations for a film. He is determined to seize this chance of a lifetime.

As a film-maker categorized in the "comedy" genre, I've suffered from the same simplistic preconceptions that Molière decried, which devalue producers of laughter in the performing arts. Marcel Pagnol struggled against this prejudice with all his wit and his passion. And anyway, the idea of the existence of a Schpountz is totally believable: everyday for years I've received at least one letter from a boy or girl wanting to become a star and ready to seize any opportunity. Acting classes are full of Schpountzes. The need to dream is all the stronger in these days of unemployment and social segregation — a Schpountz is a dreamer who has the energy and stubbornness worthy of that dream. Gérard Oury – Director, excerpt from the press folder