Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients a chance to dive back into the era of their choice. Victor then chose to relive the most memorable week of his life: the one where, 40 years earlier, he met the great love.

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Film Cast:

• Victor Drumond: Daniel Auteuil
• Antoine: Guillaume Canet
• Margot: Doria Tillier
• Marianne Drumond: Fanny Ardant
• Pierre: Pierre Arditi
• François: Denis Podalydès
• Maxime Drumond: Michaël Cohen
• Amélie: Jeanne Arènes
• Adrien: Bertrand Poncet
• Maurice / Yvon / Hemingway: Bruno Raffaelli
• Gisèle / Margot’s girlfriend: Lizzie Brocheré
• Freddy / Hans Axel Von Fersen: Thomas Scimeca
• Sylvie / Josiane: Christiane Millet
• The ‘Time Travelers’ consultant: Cédric Zimmerlin
• Lionel, Margot’s fake husband: François Vincentelli
• Peter’s father: Claude Aufaure
• Lucie, the waitress: Sandrine Moaligou
• The hotel receptionist: Pierre Forest
• Jean-Claude, the bartender: Frédéric Sandeau
• The man at the counter: Jean-Noël Martin
• Ludo, the colleague: Loïc Lacoua
• Margot’s replacement: Constance Gay
• The singer: Maria Verdi
• Alex, the dresser: Clément Moreau
• Napoléon III: Éric Frey
• Villemain: Urbain Cancelier
• The Baroness: Élisabeth Vitali
• The Marquise with pearls: Laetitia de Fombelle
• Guest of the Baroness: Lucie Bertin
• Guest of the Baroness: Yann Chermat
• The Jewish Marquis: Pierre Estorges
• The valet: Yves-Batek Mendy
• Gang member: Gaël Tavares
• Gang member: Abraham Touré
• Gang member: Soufiane Abitar
• Gang member: Hakou Benosmane
• Gang member: Adrien Ruiz
• The control room consultant: Wilhem Mahtallah
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Niki Zischka
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Jürgen Zwingel
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Benjamin Guillard
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Elisabeth Duda
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Santha Leng
• Guest at Maxime’s dinner: Yamina Meghraoui
• Maxime employee: Laurent Marion
• Maxime employee: Sébastien Corona
• Boring dinner guest: Hugues Martel
• Boring dinner guest: Franck Mercadal
• Boring dinner guest: Valérie de Monza
• Boring dinner guest: Claire Barbotin
• Léa, the pavilion’s little girl: Mila Ayache
• The real estate agent: Bertrand Combe
• Elderly Gisèle: Anne Aor
• Extra at the castle: Sophie-Marie Larrouy
• Extra at the castle: Evelyne Bonneau
• John Lennon lookalike: Dimitri Leroy
• German general: Tobias Licht
• The woman at the orgy: Mélina Ferné
• The guitarist at the party: Fabien Cahen
• The counter neighbor: Eric Cornet
• Housekeeper at dinner (uncredited): Tam Ara
• Louis XVI (uncredited): Arnaud de Montlivault
• Hitler lookalike (uncredited): Emmanuel Ménard

Film Crew:

• Production Design: Stéphane Rozenbaum
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jean-Paul Hurier
• Editor: Anny Danché
• Producer: François Kraus
• Producer: Denis Pineau-Valencienne
• Writer: Nicolas Bedos
• Director of Photography: Nicolas Bolduc
• Casting: Emmanuelle Prévost
• Costume Design: Emmanuelle Youchnovski
• Production Manager: Sylvain Monod
• Supervising Sound Editor: Séverin Favriau
• Key Makeup Artist: Hugues Lavau
• Graphic Designer: Matthieu Beutter
• Editor: Florent Vassault
• Producer: Ardavan Safaee
• Original Music Composer: Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
• Production Sound Mixer: Rémi Daru
• Co-Producer: François Fontès
• Co-Producer: René Kraus
• Key Makeup Artist: Lisa Schonker
• First Assistant Director: Daniel Dittmann

Movie Reviews:

• SWITCH.: There are a lot of layers in the storytelling, and Bedos does a great job of pacing them, maintaining a good rhythm throughout. It allows for an easy and pleasant movie-going experience, highlighting how well the French know how to produce crowd-pleasers – and this is every bit a crowd-pleaser. The romance is so pure, and there are genuine laugh-out-loud moments. I would have liked to have seen more, because while it raises such intriguing ideas, and you’re left feeling a bit hollow with how it all ends. It doesn’t quite reach the heights of some of its cinematic predecessors, but you will leave with warm fuzzy feelings inside – and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
  – Joel Kalkopf

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