Augustin

Augustin Dos Santos is a benign simpleton with a slight stammer. He's serious about his part-time job as a clerk for an insurance company, and he also acts, with small parts under his belt in commercials and experimental films. An agent finds his serious innocence perfect for a part as an odd bellman. Before his screen test, he volunteers for a day at a hotel. At his screen test, his inability to see the comic center of the scene makes him perfect for the part. Back at work, women co-workers tease him, and then he's off to the countryside to play a vet in a government film about myxomatosis in rabbits. Can anything break through his serious view of reality?

4.4

61 min

Cast

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

as Augustin

Stéphanie Zhang

as Caroline

Guy Casabonne

as Cyril

Nora Habib

as Shula

Thierry Lhermitte

as Self

Claude Pecher

as Mr. Poirier

James Lord

as American Client

Jacqueline Vimpierre

as Madame Balavoine

Director

Anne Fontaine