Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Les Films Christian Fechner, TOBIS Film
- Keyword: double life, escape, circus, talk show, fast food restaurant, restaurant, clown, fake identity, restaurant guide, restaurant critic, loss of taste, duel, torture, food industry, food critic, father son relationship, paris suburb, french actor
- Cast: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar, Raymond Bussières, Philippe Bouvard