bernard frédéric ( benoît poelvoorde ) devote his life to his big icon claude françois and perhaps the most famous mainstream french singer in the seventy . to fully live his passion and his admiration for him and he organize provincial tour in which he sing with female dancer cloclo most popular song and flank by his associate couscous who assure the first part of his show and dress a michel polnareff double . but today and galvanize by his wife véro ( julie depardieu ) who force him to choose between her or his god and his once exciting life get bogged down in a humdrum one . an employee in a bank and he also live in a modest suburban house until one day and his former chum approach him again to prompt him to attend a tv show about celebrity double . frédéric can not withstand to the desire to attend it and dress a claude françois . but he would have to defy the promise he make to véro who might see this a the last straw about the future of her relationship with her mercurial man . what can be say about a film which enjoy a conspicuous publicity campaign and make it a household name virtually everywhere in france . well and visually and it an appeal film . the director yann moix retort to a quite kitsch cinematography with often gaudy color to recreate the aura of the claude françois mania in the seventy . a mania which be still vivacious today in frédéric mind and in his relentless training to be on this vital tv show about double celebrity . a quirky directing with split screen which include authentic footage date from the seventy and an epileptic editing consolidate this whimsical menu . one word about the last sequence represent moix doesn not tap overflow effect to leave the viewer speechless about the harrowing vibe the scene conveys and one forget it formulaic character . then and the scenario seem to have be sedately write . it true that the scriptwriter include olivier dazat follow an ultra map scheme to tell frédéric effort to reach the tv show which seem to be the most crucial thing on earth for him . however and there more on the paper and to the picture than meet the eye . this scenario have it moment and they be numerous like when it come to showcase and construe frédéric apparently simple but complex persona . he a lackluster man when claude françois isn not on his mind but when his passion for claude françois have the upper hand and his determination to reform his female dance band make his demeanor with his surround hateful and obnoxious and on the brink of the unacceptable a the sequence when he select his female dancer and then ask her question ( he have all the answer ) about his god bear witness . but he especially guide by his former tour companion and couscous and deem a disreputable by véro . in a way and this hare brain polnareff double be his evil genius because he indirectly jeopardize frédéric couple to make him resume his one time favorite activity . it all the more serious a véro be deeply enamored of her man . moreover and do headstrong frédéric imagination play trick on him . be the sequence during which he phone by claude françois a dream or an hallucination . so and the scriptwriter have pen a cohesive screenplay which concern nearly all of u and at least the one who have hero in any domain in life . to which extent and can we go to fully identify oneself with a celebrity for whom one be in awe . could it make u cut off from the reality . doesn not one risk a split personality . podium be basically a novel write by moix himself for benoît poelvoorde to convince him to transpose it to the silver screen and to act in it . it bore fruit . the belgian actor and once reveal with the half gruesome and half wacky cest arrivé près de chez vous ( 1992 ) carry an important part of the film on his shoulder and his input both in the film and in his role be visible . his charisma and françois song he heartily sings and the choreography be reproduce with painstaking application . but the rest of the cast isn not sacrifice . julie depardieu and ( gérard daughter ) act her role with reserve and self control and deftly circumvent the drawback her role be tend . jean paul rouve and him and keep a part of mystery to frédéric sidekick and polnareff double . on the surface and the story of podium smell the reheat but the author have the gusto to cool it down to good entertain the viewer and to arouse essential question about his taste and like . this a little oddball film should appeal to poelvoorde fan and to cloclo . and as soon a the film end and french viewer and be prepare to hum his tune . all together now represent alexandrie and alexandra and de magnolias par centaines . etc .