Fallait pas!... (1996)

Director:

Gérard Jugnot

Writers:

Gérard Jugnot (writer)
Philippe Lopes-Curval (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 1996 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Automobile | Religion | Snow | Savoy | Alps

Cast

Gérard Jugnot	...	Bernard Leroy
François Morel	...	Sébastien
Jean Yanne	...	Magic
Michèle Laroque	...	Constance
Martin Lamotte	...	Solomuka
Micheline Presle	...	Bernard's Mother
Claude Piéplu	...	Bernard's Father
Jacques Jouanneau	...	Constance's Father
Sophie Desmarets	...	Constance's Mother
Annie Grégorio	...	Constance's Friend
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Doctor Simson
Maxime Leroux	...	Un spire
Marine Mazeas	...	Gwenaelle
Bruno Slagmulder
Maurice Illouz
Philippe Sturbelle
Eric Prat
Jean-François Chaintron
Hubert Saint-Macary
Philippe Beglia	...	Réceptionniste
Roland Marchisio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zoon Besse		(as Zoon)
Carole Brenner
Didier Caron
Pierre Chevallier
David Douillet	...	Killer
Pascal Elbé
Thierry Heckendorn
Marcel Houde
Annie Jouzier
Bernard Larmande
Patrick Lizana
Jean-Pierre Malignon
Pétronille Moss
Didier Rousset
Bonnafet Tarbouriech
Elric Thomas		(as Elrik Thomas)
Xavier Vilsek

Directed by
Gérard Jugnot

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gérard Jugnot		writer
Philippe Lopes-Curval		writer

Produced by
Alain Depardieu	....	producer

Original Music by
Khalil Chahine

Cinematography by
Gérard de Battista

Makeup Department
Lucía Bretones-Méndez	....	key makeup artist
Marie Luiset	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Marc Deschamps	....	production manager
Nathalie Nghet	....	assistant production manager
Clément Sentilhes	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Artur	....	trainee assistant director
Hervé Ruet	....	assistant director

Visual Effects by
Seb Caudron	....	digital artist
Pitof	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Degniau	....	camera
Jean-Marie Leroy	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne-Sophie Hervieux	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Antoine Battistelli	....	second assistant editor
Dorian Rigal-Ansous	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Adrien Adriaco	....	production assistant
Raoul B. Reinert	....	legal consultant

Production Companies

• CiBy 2000
• El Deseo S.A.
• Novo Arturo Films
• Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• Laurenfilm (Spain)

Special Effects

• Duboi

Also Known As:

Caiga quien caiga, mañana me caso (Spain)
Caigui qui caigui, em caso (Spain: Catalan title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Aiton, Savoie, France

Company:

CiBy 2000

Could have been better but saved by its actors

"Fallait pas..." is the third comedy by Gérard Jugnot that tries to deal with a serious theme, but he's less successful here than with his previous "Une époque formidable" and "Casque Bleu". Here the target is the sectarian phenomenon, with a precise reference to the "Solar Temple Order" whose members committed mass suicide in France and Canada. Bernard, an executive for a big company, tries to get home in time for his wedding but is caught in the middle of a mass suicide. He saves a sect member (who then follows him like a puppy), and he's chased by the sect leaders, two over-the-top crooks with bloated egos and a craving for money. The parody of sectarian life and mind-control mechanisms is quite funny, but is unfortunately mixed with more conventional sitcom clichés (Bernard's family). However the actors are very good, particularly Yanne, Lamotte and Lhermite as the various flavours of sect leaders, and the movie is eventually redeemed by their performances.