Proper Attire Required (1997)

  • NR
  • 04/09/1997 (BE)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 1h 33m

Overview

His estranged wife is worth millions, but poor Paris resident Richard is homeless and jobless. He applied for unemployment benefits and now faces charges of fraud. To save himself from nine months in jail he must find his wife and force her to tell the courts the truth, that though she has married a politically-ambitious American governor and is filing U.S. tax returns, she is technically still married to Richard. But as she lives in America, how can he get to her? Opportunity knocks when Richard learns that she and her husband will be attending an international conference at an exclusive Paris hotel. To get in he will need a disguise.

Philippe Lioret

Director, Writer

Sandra Joxe

Writer

Jean-Louis Leconte

Writer

Cast

Jacques Gamblin's headshot

Jacques Gamblin

Richard Poulenc
Zabou Breitman's headshot

Zabou Breitman

Catherine Sperry
Elsa Zylberstein's headshot

Elsa Zylberstein

Lucie
Jean Yanne's headshot

Jean Yanne

M. Brucker
Daniel Prévost's headshot

Daniel Prévost

M. Bardon
Christian Sinniger's headshot

Christian Sinniger

Maurice

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