C'est pas moi, c'est lui

C'est pas moi, c'est lui
Directed by	Pierre Richard
Screenplay by	Pierre Richard Alain Godard
Starring	Pierre Richard Aldo Maccione
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

C'est pas moi, c'est lui (transl. It's not me, it's him) is a French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard released in 1980.

Plot

Georges Vallier is a famous screenwriter, author of vaudevilles. He jealously keeps the secret from the existence of his "ghostwriter" Pierre Renaud, without frustrating him. However, he invites Pierre to replace him at a cocktail given by Aldo Barazzutti, an Italian filmstar. While thinking, he is Georges Vallier, Barazzutti asks him to go with him in Tunisia for the screenwriting of his film. Taking the opportunity, Pierre Renaud tells Georges Vallier that he quits working for him and leaves with Barazzutti for Tunisia. He will later reveal the truth by telling him that he is not Georges Vallier. Pierre leaves temporarily his wife Charlotte, about to give birth, in Paris.

He ignores that Barazzutti was using this trip as a pretext to be with his mistress Valérie and Pierre has never had the occasion to reveal his real identity or be part of his project of screenwriting, where he would abandon the vaudeville for more political subjects. Having disputed with her lover and being attracted to what represents the famous Georges Vallier, Valérie takes refuge with Pierre, even if he rejects her. Barazzutti then sets his sight on Anne-Marie, a customer of the hotel married to a military. The arrival at the hotel of the real Georges Vallier messes the plans of Pierre : he has to multiply the stratagems to hide from Vallier while avoiding that he meets Barazzutti. He then discovers that the presence of Georges Vallier comes from the fact that he is the lover of Anne-Marie. It is while she both hides them in a closet that Georges Vallier finally meets Pierre.

Cast

• Pierre Richard as Pierre Renaud
• Aldo Maccione as Aldo Barazzutti
• Valérie Mairesse as Valérie
• Danielle Minazzoli as Charlotte
• Henri Garcin as Georges Vallier
• Annette Poivre as Pierre's mother
• Franca Valéri as Carla
• Gérard Hernandez as the seller
• Frank-Olivier Bonnet as the military
• Bouboule as the mover
• Jacqueline Noëlle as the customer of the hairdressing salon
• Jacques Monnet as the bailiff

External links

• C'est pas moi, c'est lui at IMDb