Happy Easter (Joyeuses Pâques) 40 years old

Happy Easter

Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle drops his wife Sophie off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie, who has just had a fight with her married boyfriend. He gets her back to his apartment and is preparing for a sexy weekend, when his wife suddenly returns home. He makes up a bizarre, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment story that the gorgeous girl is actually his long-lost daughter. Julie plays along, but this leads to a whole series of increasingly ridiculous lies and comical situations (such as when her real mother shows up).

Credits

Happy Easter Cast

Name Character
Sophie Marceau She was 17, now 58 years old as Julie
Carlos Sotto Mayor He was 23, now 63 years old as La fille sur le hors-bord (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Belmondo He was 51, now 91 years old as Stephane Margelle
Michel Beaune He was 51, 57 years old when he died as Rousseau
Marie Laforêt She was 45, 80 years old when she died as Sophie Margelle
Charly Bertoni as L'interne de l'hôpital
Marie-Christine Descouard She was 15, now 24 years old as Melle Fleury
Gérard Hernandez He was 51, now 91 years old as Le serveur du restaurant indien
Maurice Auzel He was 52, 62 years old when he died as Le chauffeur de taxi myope
Pierre Rosso
Laurent Natrella He was 19, now 60 years old as Le commissaire Roger
Charly Koubesserian as Le patron du restaurant indien
Rémy Julienne He was 54, now 94 years old as Le co-pilote (uncredited)
Philippe Mareuil He was 58, 89 years old when he died as M. Mathieu, un invité
Muriel Dubrule as La fille sur l'helicoptère
Henri Cogan He was 60, 79 years old when he died
Rosy Varte She was 60, 88 years old when she died as Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie
Jean Panisse He was 56, now 96 years old as Le livreur
Henriette Piper She was 33, now 73 years old

Happy Easter Crew

Name Department
Georges Lautner as Director. He was 58 (87) years old when He died Directing
Jean Poiret as Writer. He was 58 (65) years old when He died Writing
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Happy Easter (40 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 24, 1984
  • Runtime: 94 minutes