Les Tuche

2011 French film

1 July 2011 (2011-07-01) (France)

Running time

95 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$12.4 million ^[1]Box office$13.9 million ^[2]

Les Tuche is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Olivier Baroux.^[3]^[4] Three sequels had been released since the first opus.

Plot

The Tuche family is the stereotypical unemployed lower class French family.

Jeff (the father) is the proud descendant of the unemployment welfare inventor, and has never worked a day in his life. Out of his 3 kids, the youngest one seems to be extremely intelligent. This will come in handy when all of a sudden, they win €100 million in the lottery, and will attempt to fit in Monaco's upper class.

Cast

Jean-Paul Rouve as Jeff Tuche
Isabelle Nanty as Cathy Tuche
Claire Nadeau as Grandma Suze
Théo Fernandez as Donald Tuche
Sarah Stern as Stéphanie Tuche
Pierre Lottin as Wilfried Tuche
Fadila Belkebla as Mouna
Karina Testa as Salma
Philippe Lefebvre as Bickard
Ralph Amoussou as Georges Diouf
Jérôme Commandeur as Hermann
Valérie Benguigui as Claudia
Omar Sy as Bouzolles's monk
Kad Merad as Bouzolles's fishmonger
Pierre Bellemare as Bouzolles's mayor
Olivier Baroux as Monnier

Remake

An Italian remake entitled Poveri ma ricchi (lit. 'Poor but rich') was released in December 2016.^[5]

References

^ "Les Tuche (2011) - JPBox-Office".
^ "The Tuche Family".
^ "Les Tuche". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
^ "Les Tuche". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
^ Vasini, Michela (16 December 2016). "Poveri ma ricchi, la recensione della commedia di Fausto Brizzi" (in Italian). CineAvatar. Retrieved 15 July 2020.