Les Tuche Explained

Les Tuche
Director:	Olivier Baroux
Producer:	Richard Grandpierre Arthur (associate producer)
Starring:	Jean-Paul Rouve Isabelle Nanty
Music:	Martin Rappeneau
Cinematography:	Arnaud Stefani
Editing:	Richard Marizy
Studio:	Pathé Eskwad
Distributor:	Pathé
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Budget:	$12.4 million ^[1]
Gross:	$13.9 million ^[2]

Les Tuche is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Olivier Baroux.^{[3] [4]} Three sequels had been released since the first opus.

Plot

The Tuche family is the stereotypical unemployed lower class French family.

Jeff (the father) is the proud descendant of the unemployment welfare inventor, and has never worked a day in his life. Out of his 3 kids, the youngest one seems to be extremely intelligent. This will come in handy when all of a sudden, they win €100 million in the lottery, and will attempt to fit in Monaco's upper class.

Cast

• Jean-Paul Rouve as Jeff Tuche
• Isabelle Nanty as Cathy Tuche
• Claire Nadeau as Grandma Suze
• Théo Fernandez as Donald Tuche
• Sarah Stern as Stéphanie Tuche
• Pierre Lottin as Wilfried Tuche
• Fadila Belkebla as Mouna
• Karina Testa as Salma
• Philippe Lefebvre as Bickard
• Ralph Amoussou as Georges Diouf
• Jérôme Commandeur as Hermann
• Valérie Benguigui as Claudia
• Omar Sy as Bouzolles's monk
• Kad Merad as Bouzolles's fishmonger
• Pierre Bellemare as Bouzolles's mayor
• Olivier Baroux as Monnier

Remake

An Italian remake entitled Poveri ma ricchi was released in December 2016.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les Tuche (2011) - JPBox-Office.
2. Web site: The Tuche Family.
3. Web site: Les Tuche. unifrance.org. 2015-07-19.
4. Web site: Les Tuche. cineuropa.org. 2015-07-19.
5. Web site: Poveri ma ricchi, la recensione della commedia di Fausto Brizzi. CineAvatar. Michela. Vasini. 16 December 2016. 15 July 2020. it.