''The Best Job in the World'' (french: Le Plus Beau Métier du monde) is a 1996 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Gérard Lauzier
Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Gérard Lauzier was bo ...
. It was entered into the
20th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
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Gérard Depardieu as Laurent Monier
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Michèle Laroque
Michèle Laroque (; born 15 June 1960) is a French actress, comedian, humorist, producer and screenwriter.
Early life
Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinis ...
as Hélène Monier
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Ticky Holgado
Ticky Holgado (24 June 1944, in Toulouse – 22 January 2004, in Paris), pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
With ''Delicatessen'' (1991) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, Tic ...
as Baudouin
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Souad Amidou
Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.
Biography
She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film '' Le thé à la menthe'' in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to ...
as Radia Ben Saïd
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Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand (born 22 May 1937) is a French actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his role as fictional private detective Nestor Burma.
Selected filmography
* 1962: '' The Longest Day'' as an extra (Uncredited)
* 1975: '' Cousin ...
as Gauthier
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Philippe Khorsand
Philippe Khorsand (February 17, 1948 – January 29, 2008) was a French actor. His father was Iranian and his mother was French. He first appeared in a number of small roles in the 1970s. One of his most memorable roles as husband and father in ' ...
as Le gardien de l'immeuble
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Daniel Prévost
Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Early life
Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie re ...
as Albert Constantini, le voisin
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Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Career
Versatile and determined to not ...
as Ahmed Raouch
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Mouss Diouf
Pierre Mustapha "Mouss" Diouf (28 October 1964 – 7 July 2012) was a French-Senegalese actor, comedian and humorist.
Acting career
Born in Dakar, Diouf was known for his lead role in '' The Beast (La bête)'' and as Baba in '' Asterix & Obelix: ...
as Momo
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Joseph Malerba
Joseph Malerba (born 5 October 1962) is a French actor known for his role as police detective Walter Morlighem in the French TV series '' Braquo''. He has appeared in numerous films, television productions, and theatre plays since 1992.
Sele ...
as Taxi driver
References
External links
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1996 films
1996 drama films
1990s French-language films
French drama films
Films directed by Gérard Lauzier
1990s French films
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