Mathieu (Serge Larivière) and Marc (Stéphane De Groodt) were just not meant to get along. They are different in every way. Mathieu has been unemployed for so many years that he has settled for a job as a security guard for the city, and Marc runs a company that specializes in the sale of police and fire fighter equipment. In Formidable, Marc and Mathieu clash in every way. As a result of an incident he caused in front of the school at which he was supposed to be guarding the entrance, Mathieu manages to latch on to Marc like a parasite, and discovers the flaws hidden by the suit and tie his “host” wears. It’s just that for Marc, life is far from rosy… Rotating siren light sales, his key business, are stagnating, and his wife has left him for the dentist who did his crown work. The only remnant he has of their love is his young daughter, Maude. Marc wants to keep her close. As for the girl, she would rather be with her mom and her tooth puller. Thank Goodness these trifling details don’t bother Mathieu, whose great pride is having been a “Marshaller” for the former Sabena Airlines. But when you’ve worked in aviation, it can be difficult to come back down to earth… and this is precisely his problem. How do you land when you’ve never taken off in the first place? This is all the more true as unemployment pressures him to find a new job quickly. To avoid impending bankruptcy, Marc has one last hope, to participate in the Ardennes police association’s annual ball to give a rotating siren light demonstration that could boost sales. Mathieu, who wants to help, offers to go with him. The escapade is just as much a disaster as it is an opportunity to drop pretenses and sum up differences. Marc and Mathieu were really not meant to meet. Yet, dropping one’s guard and being vulnerable for an instant can also have a few advantages. It’s by getting to know each other better that sometimes we manage to connect… Fantastic, isn’t it?
Cast:
Stéphane De Groodt, Serge Larivière, Astride Akay, ...
