André le magnifique

An actor who does not suffer fools gladly finds himself replaced by one in this comedy The citizens of a French village decide to celebrate their history by staging a play that will chronicle memorable events from the towns past The plays author Alexis casts his wife Janine Isabelle Candelier in the leading female role despite her odd way of delivering dialogue However for the male lead Alexis hires an arrogant professional actor from Paris JeanPascal Faix The village simpleton Andre has volunteered to serve as a stagehand and prompter When Andre mistakenly leads JeanPascal into a trash dumpster thats soon dragged away hes convinced falsely that hes killed the Parisian actor and is determined to take his place so that the show will go on