French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to complete his latest project, a dramatic love story about a young couple whose relationship is complicated by the man's addiction to drugs. Short on funds, Vecchiali approaches the National Cinema Center, who offer loans and grants to independent filmmakers whom they believe are deserving. The NCC is less than impressed with Vecchiali's latest script, and they turn him down, just as they have done a number of times in the past. Angry and determined that the NCC will never break the spirit of another director, Vecchiali and his crew block out a plan to assassinate the nine members of the funding board, though the press and public seem more bemused than outraged by the sudden rash of killings.
Catherine Lachens
Madame Bisance
Régine Benedetti
Adélaïde Bisance
Jacqueline Danno
Mrs. Minor
Hélène Surgère
Concierge
Ysé Tran
Concierge's friend
Béatrice Bruno
Béatrice (brunette who follows Mandrin)
Emmanuel Broche
Mandrin
Mathieu Marie
Mathieu
Paul Vecchiali
Monsieur Paul
Eric Rozier
Rico
Françoise Lebrun
Françoise, Paul's wife
Nicolas Silberg
TV reporter
Patrick Raynal
TV reporter
Thérèse Roussel
Woman with shopping bag
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Vice-president of the Advance on Receipts Committee