La Zizanie is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, written by Zidi and Michel Fabre, and starring Louis de Funès and Annie Girardot. The English title is The Spat.
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Plot
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze (Louis de Funès), an industrialist in depolluting materials and systems, has signed a contract with a Japanese enterprise to order 3000 pieces of his CX-22 machines, saving his business from bankruptcy. However, his workers quickly make him realise that he doesn't have enough space to store and create the new CX-22. Realising his mistake, Daubray-Lacaze starts invading the house with all sorts of machines, and even placing workers in his bedroom. His wife, Bernadette (Annie Girardot) tries to ignore these inconveniences, but breaks after her husband destroys her whole garden to store his machines. Furious, she leaves Guillaume, and presents herself to the municipal elections against her own husband.
Cast
Louis de Funès as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
Annie Girardot as Bernadette Daubray-Lacaze
Maurice Risch as the imbecile
Jean-Jacques Moreau as the foreman
Geneviève Fontanel as Madame Berger
Jacques François as the prefect
Georges Staquet as the union representative
Mario David as the lorry driver