EXCLUSIVE: French comedy hit Ooh La La (Cocorico)– which was a hit at home and also enjoyed success across Europe – is getting a sequel with the same cast, led by Christian Clavier (Serial (Bad) Weddings).
He reunites with Didier Bourdon (Open Season, Licence To Build, Alibi.com), Sylvie Testud (Champagne!, Jour J, Meet The Malawas) and Marianne Denicourt (Irreplaceable, The Best Years Of A Life).
Clavier co-starred in the original comedy as the patriarch of the aristocratic Bouvier-Sauvage, who is horrified to learn that his beloved daughter Alice has fallen for the son of a Peugeot dealer, Gérard Martin (Bourdon). He comes to terms with the situation over the course of the film.
Ooh La La 2 will pick up the story on the eve of the wedding between Alice Bouvier-Sauvage and François Martin. Preparations are sent into disarray when DNA tests reveal the two fathers are not as French as they believed. Proud and stubborn, they become fierce ambassadors of their newly found roots.
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The original film enjoyed a strong theatrical run in Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Hungary, and was among the top three French language films in Benelux and Switzerland in 2024.
Other previously announced films on SND’s Cannes slate include Rémi Bezançon’s police comedy Murder In The Building, with Gilles Lellouche, Laetitia Casta and Guillaume Gallienne, which is in production.
The company will also show fresh images for animated feature Asterix – The Kingdon of Nubia, directed by Alexandre Heboyan and featuring a screenplay by The Count of Monte Cristo duo Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière.
There will also be market premiere for Cecilia Rouard’s Goodbye My Friend about a man who finds himself managing the funeral of a childhood friend turned nemesis following his sudden death.
It is directed from the last screenplay written by Laurent Tirard prior to his death last September. It is produced by his company Les Films Sur Mesure and SND.
