Cast

Coluche
Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko
Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

Jacques Debary
School Director

Roland Giraud
Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

Charlotte de Turckheim
Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau
Educational Advisor

Jean Champion
School Inspector

Georges Staquet
Gérard's father

Claude Bertrand
Charlotte's father

Anne-Marie Jabraud
Charlotte's mother

Yvette Petit
Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother

Christian Bouillette
Clothing Store Manager

Jacques Martial
Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is

Jean-Pierre Bagot
Mayor and father of Nicolas

Patrice Dozier
Clothing Store Customer

Monique Couturier
Inspector's Secretary

Camille Clavel
Victor, kid in the clothing store

Rémy Carpentier
Monsieur Letournel

Marie Pillet
Madame Letournel

Michel Pilorgé
Albert
Yves Morgan-Jones
Student's parent
Christian Padovan
Wedding band musician

Jean-Pierre Domboy
Wedding band musician

Marie Ruggeri
Wedding band chorister

Liliane Davis
Wedding band chorister

Richard Gotainer
Wedding band singer

Judith Chancel
Pupil (uncredited)
Crew

Claude Berri
Director
(Directing)

Richard Gotainer
Main Title Theme Composer
(Sound)

Didier Lavergne
Key Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)

Claude Berri
Writer
(Writing)

Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
(Production)
Françoise Lehérissey
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Christian Vallerin
Production Design
(Art)
Claire Fraisse
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Colin Mounier
Director of Photography
(Camera)

Alain Depardieu
Production Manager
(Production)

Claude Engel
Original Music Composer
(Sound)

Hervé de Luze
Editor
(Editing)
Jules Celma
Writer
(Writing)
Jean Labussière
Sound
(Sound)
Arlette Langmann
Editor
(Editing)