''Happy Easter'' () is a 1984 French comedy film, adapted from

Jean Poiret Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''. Early career Poire ...

's eponymous play, that was directed by

Georges Lautner Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less ...

and stars

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...

with

Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...

and

Marie Laforêt Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Douménach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, and acquired Swiss citi ...

Plot

Stéphane, a businessman in Nice, is a compulsive womaniser. At the airport, where he has just left his childless wife Sophie who is off to visit relations, he picks up Julie, a teenager who has nowhere to sleep. After accepting a restaurant dinner, the girl agrees to go back to his apartment for the night. To her shock and his horror Sophie returns, unable to complete her journey because of a strike. The quick-thinking Stéphane claims that Julie is a secret daughter. When the rightly suspicious Sophie asks what has led her to look up her father in the middle of the night after all these years, Julie claims that she is pregnant. Then Sophie's suppressed maternal instincts all well up and nothing is too much for her pretty stepdaughter and future step-grandchild, but she does insist that Julie tell her mother where she is. Next day is Stéphane's birthday, for which Sophie has invited to dinner his business associates and their wives, plus Rousseau, a burly trade unionist who is negotiating a deal with Stéphane. Julie is bought a nice dress and, despite his hatred of capitalists, Rousseau soon falls for her. Proceedings are interrupted by Julie's vulgar mother bursting in drunk to reclaim her little girl. Everybody is horrified that the suave Stéphane should have consorted with this harridan before the elegant Sophie, but after a few more vodkas she passes out and is put to bed. In the morning, Stéphane discovers that Julie has slipped off to a conference where Rousseau is speaking and in fury breaks it up to reclaim his little girl. After admitting the masquerade, to Sophie's amusement and Stéphane's discomfiture, Julie and her mother depart.

Cast

as Stéphane Margelle *

as Julie *

as Sophie Margelle *

Rosy Varte Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appearances during her career. She starred in the 1972 film '' The Bar at the Crossing'', which was ente ...

as Marlène Chataigneau, Julie's mother *

Michel Beaune Michel Beaune (1933–1990) was a French actor. Filmography *1960: '' Trapped by Fear'' as Un ami de Paul (uncredited) *1961: ''Les godelureaux'' *1964: '' Backfire'' as Daniel *1970: '' The Confession'' as L'avocat *1970: '' The Time to Die ...

as Rousseau

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* * 1984 comedy films 1984 films Films directed by Georges Lautner French comedy films 1980s French-language films 1980s French films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub

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