Cinema Hound logoCinema HoundSniffing out great movies.
← Find more movies

Ma femme... s'appelle Maurice (2002)

102 min · Comedy

No stats available

Directors

Jean-Marie Poiré

Cast

Régis Laspalès, Philippe Chevallier, Anémone, Martin Lamotte

A philandering real estate agent recruits a charity volunteer to impersonate his wife and untangle his marital mess.

The story

Georges, an unfaithful real estate agent struggling with marital problems, turns to Maurice Lappin, a charity volunteer who also works part-time at the post office. Georges asks Maurice to pose as his wife, hoping to get rid of his mistress, win back his actual wife, and keep the two women from meeting face to face. The plan hinges on Maurice’s impersonation as Georges tries to manage the competing relationships without a confrontation.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Georges, an unfaithful real estate agent with marital problems, decides to call on a certain Maurice Lappin (a volunteer at a charity and a part-time employee at the post office) to pose as his wife, hoping to get rid of his mistress, win his wife back, and prevent the two women from confronting each other.

Genres

Comedy

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…