''Supercondriaque'' (also known as ''Superchondriac'') is a 2014 French
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
written and directed by
Dany Boon
Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.
Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...
.
Plot
Romain Faubert is a mature man who can never hide his
hypochondriasis
Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. An old concept, the meaning of hypochondria has repeatedly changed. It has been claimed that this debilitating cond ...
. Romain's fears are profitable for his doctor Dimitri Zvenka. Even so, Dimitri really wants to cure the patient who has no other friend than him. He feels that Romain's actual problem is his loneliness rather than anything else. He subsequently helps Romain in seeking an appropriate female companion, but after a great many futile attempts, he loses hope that Romain could ever succeed. In need of an alternative, he decides to take Romain with him when he goes to an eastern European refugee camp (refugees speak, in fact, distorted version of
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
,
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
and
Slovenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes
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, where Dimitri sometimes works on behalf of a non-profit organisation. He believes the sight of people who are really suffering might bring Romain to his senses. Yet Romain finally finds the love of his life when he gets to know Dimitri's sister who confuses him with Anton Miroslav, a certain freedom fighter. The real Anton Miroslav has stolen Romain's ID and is hiding in the apartment of the hypochondriac.
Cast
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Dany Boon
Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.
Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...
as Romain Faubert
*
Alice Pol
Alice Pol (born 3 December 1982) is a French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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as Anna Zvenka
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Kad Merad
Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ar, قدور ميراد, link=no; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
Life and career
Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1 ...
as Dr. Dimitri Zvenka
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Jean-Yves Berteloot
Jean-Yves Berteloot (born 27 August 1958) is a French actor.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
*
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1958 births
Living people
People from Saint-Omer
French male film actors
French ma ...
as Anton Miroslav
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Judith El Zein
Judith El Zein (born 1 November 1976) is a French actress.
Filmography
Theater
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zein, Judith
1976 births
Living people
French television actresses
French film actresses
French stage actre ...
as Norah Zvenka
*
Marthe Villalonga
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Bruno Lochet
Bruno Lochet (born 18 October 1959) is a French actor. He is best known for playing in the cult TV series ''Les Deschiens'' (1993–2002), in which he played alongside Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedia ...
as Policeman in the service of the immigration bureau
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Camille Chamoux Camille may refer to:
Fictional entities
* a Power Rangers Jungle Fury character
* Camille Wallaby, a character in Alfred Hedgehog
* a character from ''League of Legends'' video game voiced by Emily O'Brien
Films
*''Camille (1912 film)'', a sh ...
as Dimitri's secretary
*
Étienne Chicot
Étienne Chicot (5 May 1949 – 7 August 2018) was a French actor and composer.Nothing to Declare'', Boon's 2010 hit.
See also
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List of French films of 2014
The French film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by France. It does not ...