The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

89 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 1, 1991

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

89 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 1, 1991

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Fildebroc, Les Films Ariane, Sovereign Pictures, Umbrella
Original title The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Directors Ben Lewin
Writers Ben Lewin, Marcel Aymé

Cast

Bob Hoskins

as Louis Aubinard

Jeff Goldblum

as Pianist

Michel Blanc

as Norbert

Jacques Villeret

as Lingerie Man

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Zalman

Angela Pleasence

as Louis' Sister

Carlos Kloster

as The Archbishop

Claudine Mavros

as Mother Superior

Artus de Penguern

as Saint Francis

Martine Ferrière

as Mother of Lingerie Man

Sacha Vikouloff

as The Violinist

Beth McFadden

as Birthday Party Girl

Samuel Chaimovitch

as Grandfather

Jean-Claude Deret

as Grandfather

Yvonne Constant

as Prostitute

Gérard Zalcberg

as Released Prisoner

Daniel Lombart

as Porno Dubbing Man

Patrick Albenque

as Sound Engineer

Caroline Jacquin

as Sound Studio Receptionist

Jean-Michel Ribes

as Beggar

Maximilien Seide

as Little Boy in Subway

Claire Magnin

as Mother in Subway

Fedele Papalia

as Sleazy Bar Barman

Caroline Loeb

as Shabby Cafe Waitress

Julien Calderbank

as Blind Boy

Mado Maurin

as Old Lady in Park

Louba Guertchikoff

as Old Lady in Park

Janine Darcey

as Old Lady in Park

Mireille Franchino

as Old Lady in Park

Gilette Barbier

as Old Lady in Park

Lylia Dalskaia

as Singer

Oleg Ponomarenko

as Russian Cabaret Musician

Pascal De Loutchek

as Russian Cabaret Musician

Dhan Olivier

as Jungle Man

Jemmy Legros

as Jungle Woman

Maurice Herman

as Apostle

Pascal Bekkar

as Apostle

Edouard Hastings

as Apostle

Michel Sebban

as Apostle

Geoffrey Carey

as Apostle