''Messieurs les enfants'' is a 1997 French comedy film, directed by

Pierre Boutron Pierre Boutron (born 11 November 1947 in Portugal) is a French actor and director. He is married to actress Magali Renoir. Biography Pierre Boutron is a well-known TV director. His ''Des enfants dans les arbres'' or ''Les Faux-fuyants'' was a g ...

Plot

Caught out by their French teacher, Joseph, Igor and Nourdine end up with punishment for the following topic: "You wake up one morning and you see that in the night, you were transformed into adults. Completely distraught, you rush into your parent's room. They were transformed in children. Tell result." Unfortunately for them, the subject will become reality.

Cast

Pierre Arditi Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is a French actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi. Life and career Born in Paris, his father was the painter Georges Arditi, from Marseille of Jewish descent, and his mother Yvonne ...

as Joseph Piritzkt / Pope Piritzky * François Morel as Igor Laforgue / Pierre Laforgue *

Zinedine Soualem Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Personal life Soualem is Algerian by ancestry, and was at one point married to the actress Hiam Abbass Hiam Abba ...

as Nourdine Kader / Ismaël Kader * Catherine Jacob as Yolande *

Jean-Louis Richard Jean-Louis Richard (17 May 1927 – 3 June 2012) was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter. Biography Born as Jean Marius Richard in Paris, Richard was Jeanne Moreau's first husband from 1949 to 1951. Partial filmography *1960: '' À ...

as Albert Crastaing *

Michel Aumont Michel Henri Aumont (15 October 1936 – 28 August 2019) was a French theatre, film, and television actor. Throughout his career, he gained four Molière Awards and nominations for three César Awards. In 2015, he was made Grand Officer of the Na ...

as The principal * Anne Jacquemin as Tatiana * Nozha Khouadra as Rachida Kader * Nathalie Auffret as Moune * Jean-Claude Leguay as Eric * Claire Borotra as Agnès * Rose-Marie Scheffler as Madame Lehmann * Valérie Vogt as Arlette * Philippe Khorsand as The bailiff *

Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film b ...

as The superintendent * Daniel Pennac &

as The men in the car

References

External links

* 1997 films 1990s French-language films 1997 comedy films French comedy films Films about rapid human age change 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub