News from Planet Mars

2016 French film

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) (Berlinale)
9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) (France)

Running time

101 minutesCountriesFrance
BelgiumLanguageFrenchBudget$7 million^[1]Box office$425.000^[1]

News from Planet Mars (original title: Des nouvelles de la planète Mars) is a 2016 French-Belgian comedy film directed by Dominik Moll.^[2]

Plot

Computer engineer Philippe Mars has always considered himself a prudent, balanced person, a caring husband, father, brother, and a decent employee. However, his calm and measured life suddenly turns into real chaos. Strange things begin to happen to his family: his wife turns into an unbearable witch, his son has become a vegetarian, his daughter dreams of a super career, and his sister sells paintings of her naked parents for crazy money. Added to all this is a crazy colleague from work who moves into Philippe’s apartment due to certain circumstances.

Cast

François Damiens as Philippe Mars
Vincent Macaigne as Jérôme
Veerle Baetens as Chloé
Jeanne Guittet as Sarah Mars
Tom Rivoire as Grégoire Mars
Michel Aumont as The father
Catherine Samie as The mother
Philippe Laudenbach as The neighbor
Olivia Côte as Fabienne / Xanaé
Léa Drucker as Myriam
Julien Sibre as Gordon

References

^ ^a ^b "Des nouvelles de la planète Mars (2016) — JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
^ "Рецензия на фильм «Новости с планеты Марс»". Film.ru (in Russian). 4 July 2016.