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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!
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Louis de Funès Coluche Ann Zacharias Julien Guiomar Claude Gensac Georges Chamarat Jean Martin Fernand Guiot Gérard Boucaron Antoine Marin Yves Afonso Raymond Bussières Philippe Bouvard Marcel Dalio Vittorio Caprioli Daniel Langlet Martin Lamotte Paul Bisciglia Robert Lombard Pierre Forget Aurora Maris Eduardo Bergara Leumann Gérard Lorin Albert Michel Bob Morel Max Montavon Pierre Decazes Auguste Geronimi Gérard Victor Mac Ronay Dominique Davray Marie Frey Catherine Meurisse Maurice Vallier Dyanik Zurakowska François Viaur Jean Amadou Marie-Anne Chazel François Guillaume Gérard Lanvin Jacques Mathou Georges Nojaroff Claude Zidi
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