Il était une fois, une fois
Synopsis
Willy Vanderbrook, a brilliant French Belgian who has become a citizen of the world, is approached about the job of concierge at one of Paris's great 5-star hotels.
He is welcomed by Serge Luyperts, a childhood friend, a blasé café owner who has taken in his ex-brother-in-law Frank Vrut, a Walloon separatist who is slightly psychopathic. Willy's application - rejected because he's too Belgian - forces him and his compatriots to carrying out a ridiculous and "royally" vengeful deception.
By pretending to be heir to the Belgian throne, Willy and his gang set off a series of joyful events in the 5-star establishment, which quickly grab the attention of Jessica, a professional schemer. She thinks she's seducing the future King of Belgium, but she has in fact met a craftier person than herself.
This burlesque detonator then drags the "Made in the Flat Country" trio into a scam with more far-reaching and dangerous consequences.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (24)
Production and distribution (6)
- Executive Producer : FEW (Farrugia Entertainment Worldwide) - Barbès Films Compagnie
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
- Foreign production company : SCOPE Pictures
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : UGC Distribution
- News agency (France) : AS Communication
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Dominique Farrugia
- Screenwriters : Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
- Director of Photography : Régis Blondeau
- Music Composer : Kris Debusscher
- Assistant directors : Frédéric Drouilhat, Tatum Drouilhat, Valérie Houdart
- Editor : Alice Moine
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Luc Verdier
- Costume designer : Anne Schotte
- Foreign producer : Geneviève Lemal
- Original ideas : Dominique Farrugia, Charly Delwart
- Executive Producer : Dominique Brunner
- Assistant Operator : Christian Abomnes
- Production Manager : Kader Djedra
- Press Attaché (film) : Alexandra Schamis
- Sound Editor : Marc Bastien
- Continuity supervisor : Céline Migeon
- Production Designer : Stéphane Taillasson
- Casting : Michaël Laguens
- Making of : Emmanuel Breton
- Sound Mixer : François-Joseph Hors
- Still Photographer : Pascal Chantier
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2011
- French release : 15/02/2012
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 128.668
- Visa issue date : 26/01/2012
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : None
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