''La Zizanie'' is a 1978 French comedy film directed by

Claude Zidi Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 ...

, written by Zidi and Michel Fabre, and starring

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...

and

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women un ...

. The English title is ''The Spat''.

Plot

Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze (Louis de Funès), an industrialist in depolluting materials and systems, has signed a contract with a

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ese enterprise to order 3000 of his CX-22 machines, saving his business from

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. However, his workers quickly make him realise that he doesn't have enough space to store and create the new CX-22. Realising his mistake, Daubray-Lacaze starts invading the house with all sorts of machines, and even placing workers in his bedroom. His wife, Bernadette (Annie Girardot) tries to ignore these inconveniences, but breaks after her husband destroys her whole garden to store his machines. Furious, she quits Guillaume, and presents herself to the municipal elections against her own husband.

Cast

as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze *

as Bernadette Daubray-Lacaze *

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as the imbecile * Jean-Jacques Moreau as the foreman *

Geneviève Fontanel Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936 – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress. Early life and education Geneviève Fontanel was born on 27 June 1936. Career Fontanel was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1 September 1958 t ...

as Madame Berger *

Jacques François Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (; 16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor. During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. Biography ...

as the prefect *

Georges Staquet Georges Staquet (1932, in Bruille-lez-Marchiennes – 2011) was a French actor. Partial filmography * '' The Day and the Hour'' (1963) - L'aubergiste (uncredited) * '' Bande à part'' (1964) - Legionary * ''Marie Soleil'' (1964) * '' Pierrot ...

as the union representative * Mario David as the lorry driver

References

External links

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La Zizanie (1978)
at the ''Films de France'' 1978 films 1978 comedy films Films directed by Claude Zidi French comedy films 1970s French-language films 1970s French films French-language comedy films {{1970s-France-film-stub