The Closet (2001)

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Sometimes to save your skin, you have to come out of the closet... or go in!

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

• Released: 2001-01-17
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 24m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 544 votes

Directed by Francis Veber.

Top cast

• Daniel Auteuil as François Pignon
• Gérard Depardieu as Félix Santini
• Thierry Lhermitte as Guillaume, the Director of Public Relations
• Michèle Laroque as Miss Bertrand
• Michel Aumont as Belone, le voisin de Pignon
• Jean Rochefort as Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
• Alexandra Vandernoot as Christine
• Edgar Givry as Mathieu
• Irina Ninova as Martine
• Marianne Groves as Suzanne

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