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Le Placard

François Pignon, an accountant in a condom factory, learns that he is going to be fired. Already overwhelmed by personal problems, he decides to throw himself out the window. He is stopped in his tracks by his next-door neighbor who suggests an unexpected plan to keep his job: pretend to be a homosexual. Assuming that in this age of political correctness, one does not fire a gay man, he manages to convince Pignon to play along while remaining a discreet and shy little man... What will change is the way others look at him. Pignon will thus benefit from an unusual reintegration by coming out of a closet where he had never entered.

Top Cast

  • Élie Semoun

    Élie Semoun

    François Pignon

  • Laurent Gamelon

    Laurent Gamelon

    Felix Santini

  • Philippe Magnan

    Philippe Magnan

    Jean-Pierre Belone

  • Zoé Félix

    Zoé Félix

    Mademoiselle Bertrand

  • François Levantal

    François Levantal

    Messieurs Kopel

  • Laurent Paolini

    Laurent Paolini

    Guillaume

  • Marie Facundo

    Marie Facundo

    Ariane

Overview

François Pignon, an accountant in a condom factory, learns that he is going to be fired. Already overwhelmed by personal problems, he decides to throw himself out the window. He is stopped in his tracks by his next-door neighbor who suggests an unexpected plan to keep his job: pretend to be a homosexual. Assuming that in this age of political correctness, one does not fire a gay man, he manages to convince Pignon to play along while remaining a discreet and shy little man... What will change is the way others look at him. Pignon will thus benefit from an unusual reintegration by coming out of a closet where he had never entered.

Rating

5.4 / 10
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