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6 February 1974 (France) moreAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michel Serrault | ... | Jean-Paul Rondin |
 | Philippe Noiret | ... | Gaspard de Montfermeil |
| Michel Galabru | ... | Le commissaire Lalatte / Super-intendant |
| Charles Denner | ... | Ministre des travaux publics |
| Prudence Harrington | ... | Miss Pamela Pendleton-Pumkin |
 | Gérard Depardieu | ... | Le facteur / The postman |
| Chantal Goya | ... | Marie-Hélène Rondin |
| Roger Carel | ... | Alberto Sopranelli, le ténor |
| Daniel Ivernel | ... | Le clochard |
| Pierre Destailles | ... | L'homme au chapeau blanc |
| Hubert Deschamps | ... | L'abbé Lestinguois |
| Jean Carmet | ... | Paul Bourru, le marchands de vins |
| Annie Cordy | ... | Ginette Lalatte |
| Françoise Cingal | ... | Sophie |
| Paul Demange | ... | Le concierge du ministère |
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Also Known As:
Rare snuiters, De (Belgium: Flemish title)The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (USA)
The Holes
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France:94 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:PGFilming Locations:
Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt/SFP - 2 rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, FranceMOVIEmeter: 
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A tremendously amusing film, where listing Gerard Depardieu as a star, knowingly a deterrent for some, is a misnomer. Possessing a small part in the film, Depardieu is almost unnoticeable as the story continues.
The film focuses on construction processes to "update" the city of Paris for a new industrial renaissance. The "villain", as it were, is the minister of public works, who "closes the Champs D'Elysee for blasting today", and proposed to build two skyscrapers on either side of Notre Dame. Played with a zeal for comedy is Charles Denner, and the hapless inspector Lalatte, trying so desperately to go on vacation, listing a series of disappearances (including 20 foreign tourists) as "escapades"-being young and in the city of Paris, an easy dismissal with an overbearing wife honking a car horn outside.
The symbolism in the film is tremendous-and by the end, you certainly wish for one or two things to have improved, but overall Rondin and Gaspard (the two lead roles) are played as dreamers, idealists in an era where such things are overlooked.
This film comes highly recommended.