Overview
Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.
Director and cast
- Pierre Tchernia Director
- Michel Serrault as Jean-Paul Rondin
- Philippe Noiret as Gaspard de Montfermeil
- Michel Galabru as Commissaire Lalatte
- Chantal Goya as Marie-Hélène Rondin
- Prudence Harrington as Miss Pamela Pendleton-Pumkin
- Charles Denner as Ministre des travaux public
- Jean Carmet as Paul Bourru
- Gérard Depardieu as le facteur
- Roger Carel as Alberto Sopranelli
- Annie Cordy as Ginette Lalatte
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