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The Toy is a french film of genre Drama directed by Francis Veber released in USA on 12 december 1976 with Pierre Richard
The Toy (1976)
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Add to a movie listThe Toy (French: Le jouet) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber.
The film was remade in 1982 as the American film The Toy.
Synopsis
The movie The Toy talks about a little boy that’s trying to prove his father wrong by acting exactly like him. His father “buys” people and nothing can stop him from getting what he wants. His son does not see why he cannot do the same and decides to buy a man, who he encountered at the toy shop. The man he chose happened to be a journalist at his father’s newspaper. Gradually with the help of his “toy” the boy manages to prove his father’s wrong deeds by exposing them in the newspaper produced by him and his “toy”. Along this journey the boy establishes warm relationships with the man and refuses to stay with his father any longer. The message behind the story is that love matters more than money.Actors
Pierre Richard
(François Perrin, journalist)
Michel Bouquet
(Pierre Rambal-Cochet, powerful businessman)
Jacques François
(Mr. de Blénac, editor-in-chief of the newspaper)
Daniel Ceccaldi
(The family man)
Charles Gérard
(The photographer, colleague of François)
François Pignon / François Perrin
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