The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)

  • U
  • 05/01/1991 (FR)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 29m

The catch of the day is fresh comedy.

Overview

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

Ben Lewin

Director, Screenplay

Marcel Aymé

Novel

Cast

Bob Hoskins's headshot

Bob Hoskins

Louis Aubinard
Jeff Goldblum's headshot

Jeff Goldblum

Pianist
Natasha Richardson's headshot

Natasha Richardson

Sybil
Michel Blanc's headshot

Michel Blanc

Norbert
Jacques Villeret's headshot

Jacques Villeret

Lingerie Man
Jean-Pierre Cassel's headshot

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Zalman
Angela Pleasence's headshot

Angela Pleasence

Louis' Sister
Carlos Kloster's headshot

Carlos Kloster

The Archbishop

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