«Au secours pardon»: we'll end up crying together

Before criticizing the sneering society in L'Homme qui pleure de rire (2020), but after his cocaine-addicted advertising antics in 99 francs (2000), Octave Parango spent four seasons in Russia. In Au secours pardon (2007), Frédéric Beigbeder's double is as miserable, funny, fascinating, despairing, horrible, tragic, pathetic and touching as ever.

Octave, the advertising man, becomes a talent scout. A job as twisted, vicious and even pornographic as ever. And yet, I would have liked to work with him. A talent scout finds talent. Especially waist, buttocks and chest talent. In short, Octave is sent to Russia on behalf of the L'Idéal cosmetics company in search of freshness. Young Slavic dolls to give men a hard-on and serve as an unattainable ideal for women. 

Nothing to complain about, then. In good orpa