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1991 Comedy Romance 1h 29m

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

"The catch of the day is fresh comedy."

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.

5.9 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Bob Hoskins

Louis Aubinard

Jeff Goldblum

Pianist

Natasha Richardson

Sybil

Michel Blanc

Norbert

Jacques Villeret

Lingerie Man

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Zalman

Angela Pleasence

Louis' Sister

Carlos Kloster

The Archbishop

Claudine Mavros

Mother Superior

Artus de Penguern

Saint Francis

Martine Ferrière

Mother of Lingerie Man

Sacha Vikouloff

The Violinist

Beth McFadden

Birthday Party Girl

Samuel Chaimovitch

Grandfather

Jean-Claude Deret

Grandfather

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