The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

1991/05/01 • Released • English

Comedy
Romance
6.0
1h 29m

The catch of the day is fresh comedy.

Overview

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

Director : Ben Lewin

Casts
Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Louis Aubinard

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum

Pianist

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson

Sybil

Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

Norbert

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

Lingerie Man

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Zalman

Angela Pleasence

Angela Pleasence

Louis' Sister

Carlos Kloster

The Archbishop

Claudine Mavros

Mother Superior

Artus de Penguern

Artus de Penguern

Saint Francis

Martine Ferrière

Martine Ferrière

Mother of Lingerie Man

Sacha Vikouloff

The Violinist

Beth McFadden

Birthday Party Girl

Samuel Chaimovitch

Grandfather

Jean-Claude Deret

Jean-Claude Deret

Grandfather

Yvonne Constant

Yvonne Constant

Prostitute

Gérard Zalcberg

Gérard Zalcberg

Released Prisoner

Daniel Lombart

Porno Dubbing Man

Patrick Albenque

Patrick Albenque

Sound Engineer

Caroline Jacquin

Sound Studio Receptionist

Jean-Michel Ribes

Jean-Michel Ribes

Beggar

Maximilien Seide

Little Boy in Subway

Claire Magnin

Claire Magnin

Mother in Subway

Fedele Papalia

Fedele Papalia

Sleazy Bar Barman

Caroline Loeb

Caroline Loeb

Shabby Cafe Waitress

Julien Calderbank

Blind Boy

Mado Maurin

Mado Maurin

Old Lady in Park

Louba Guertchikoff

Louba Guertchikoff

Old Lady in Park

Janine Darcey

Janine Darcey

Old Lady in Park

Mireille Franchino

Mireille Franchino

Old Lady in Park

Gilette Barbier

Old Lady in Park

Pamela Goldblum

Lylia Dalskaia

Singer

Oleg Ponomarenko

Russian Cabaret Musician

Pascal De Loutchek

Russian Cabaret Musician

Dhan Olivier

Jungle Man

Jemmy Legros

Jungle Woman

Maurice Herman

Apostle

Pascal Bekkar

Apostle

Edouard Hastings

Apostle

Michel Sebban

Apostle

Jean-François Vlerick

Jean-François Vlerick

Apostle

Geoffrey Carey

Geoffrey Carey

Apostle

Sylvie Laporte

Sylvie Laporte

la vendeuse de manteau

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