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Mauvais esprit (2003)

90 min · Comedy

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Directors

Patrick Alessandrin

Cast

Thierry Lhermitte, Ophelie Winter, Maria Pacôme, Leonor Watling, Clémentine Célarié, Michel Muller, François Levantal, Lise Lamétrie, Colette Casside, Matthias Van Khache

A successful construction executive who longs for a child faces a challenge to his company’s museum project from architect Simon Variot, who says the original design is his.

The story

Vincent Porel has an exceptionally successful career running a multinational construction company, but what he is missing is a child. His company has been chosen to build a museum using a design that belongs to architect Simon Variot. When Simon discovers the construction site, he decides to meet Porel and assert his rights.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Vincent Porel (Thierry Lhermitte) is a man whose life is blessed with an exceptionally successful career, a woman who exists only in his dreams, a mother who is ever-present in his life, and a very present colleague as well… But what Vincent is missing is a child. Vincent runs a multinational construction company that has been chosen to build a museum. The original design, drawn up by the company’s architect, actually belongs to Simon Variot (Michel Muller). When Simon discovers the construction site, he decides to meet Porel and assert his rights. But the unfortunate man is accidentally run over by Porel. Simon dies and is reborn in the body of Vincent Porel’s baby. Taking the form of this baby, Simon is going to make life difficult for his new dad…

Genres

Comedy

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