Willy 1er

Willy 1er is a 2016 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier and Hugo P. Thomas. The film centres on a 50-year-old man who, after the death of his twin brother, leaves his parents' house for the first time to settle in a nearby village.^[3][4] The film was awarded the Prix d'Ornano-Valenti for outstanding first film at the 2016 Deauville American Film Festival.^[5]

Willy 1er
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ludovic Boukherma Zoran Boukherma Marielle Gautier Hugo P. Thomas
Written by	Ludovic Boukherma Zoran Boukherma Marielle Gautier Hugo P. Thomas
Produced by	Pierre-Louis Garnon Frédéric Jouve
Starring	Daniel Vannet Noémie Lvovsky Romain Léger
Cinematography	Thomas Rames
Edited by	Xavier Sirven Héloïse Pelloquet
Music by	Hugo P. Thomas Sofiane Kadi
Production companies	Les Films Velvet Baxter Films
Distributed by	UFO Distribution
Release dates	16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (Cannes) 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (France)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$500,000[1]
Box office	$77.000[2]

Cast

• Daniel Vannet as Willy / Michel
• Noémie Lvovsky as Catherine
• Romain Léger as Willy II
• Robert Follet as Willy's father
• Geneviève Plet as Willy's mother
• Eric Jacquet as José
• Alexandre Jacques as Brice
• Léa Viller as Chloé
• Catherine Lefrançois as Sandrine