La Zizanie (film)

La Zizanie is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, written by Zidi and Michel Fabre, and starring Louis de Funès and Annie Girardot. The English title is The Spat.

La Zizanie
Directed by	Claude Zidi
Written by	Claude Zidi Michel Fabre
Produced by	Christian Fechner
Starring	Louis de Funès Annie Girardot
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	Monique Isnardon Robert Isnardon
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	16 March 1978 (1978-03-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze (Louis de Funès), an industrialist in depolluting materials and systems, has signed a contract with a Japanese enterprise to order 3000 of his CX-22 machines, saving his business from bankruptcy. 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

• Louis de Funès as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
• Annie Girardot as Bernadette Daubray-Lacaze
• Maurice Risch as the imbecile
• Jean-Jacques Moreau as the foreman
• Geneviève Fontanel as Madame Berger
• Jacques François as the prefect
• Georges Staquet as the union representative
• Mario David as the lorry driver

External links

• La Zizanie at IMDb
• La Zizanie at AllMovie
• La Zizanie (film) at Rotten Tomatoes
• La Zizanie (1978) at the Films de France