Mammuth
Apr 21 2010
•2h 32m
•Comedy
Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never sick. But the hour of retirement has come, and it is disillusionment: he is missing points, some employers having forgotten to declare it! Pushed by Catherine, his wife, he gets on his old motorcycle from the 70s, a "Mammut" which earned him his nickname, and sets off in search of his pay slips. During his journey, he rediscovers his past and his quest for administrative documents soon becomes incidental...
Cast
See allGérard Depardieu
Serge Pilardosse, dit Mammuth
Yolande Moreau
Catherine Pilardosse
Isabelle Adjani
L'amour perdu de Serge
Benoît Poelvoorde
Le récupérateur de métal
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