About Dany Boon
Dany Boon is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. For this film, Boon received the first César du public in the history of French cinema: this new award is given to the French film with the biggest box office of the year. He became the highest-paid actor in European film history, netting 26 million euros (c. 33 million dollars). After its fourth week the figure had risen to 15 million, and by 11 April the film had surpassed the viewing audience of La Grande Vadrouille, having been watched by more than 17.4 million people.
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