The Three Brothers

Three half-brothers who never knew about each other meet at their mother's funeral. Didier and Bernard get by on modest incomes, while Pascal is comfortably off. When the three learn they stand to inherit a large sum, they immediately start spending it, only to discover days later that the money is not theirs to keep. The mix-up leaves them in debt and on the run from bailiffs and police, and as they scramble to sort out the mess they gradually grow closer.

Bernard Campan and Didier Bourdon directed the film, their first time behind the camera, and also wrote the screenplay with Michel Lengliney. Both appear in the cast alongside Pascal Légitimus, with the three playing characters sharing their own first names. The production was handled by Claude Berri's Renn Productions together with Canal+ and Prima Films, on a budget of about 8 million dollars. It went on to take roughly 46 million dollars worldwide, a strong return for a French comedy of its period. Campan and Bourdon directed again in 1997 with The Bet, and Campan returned to directing in 2022 with Beautiful Minds.

On IMDb the film holds a 7.2 rating from around 8,100 votes, and on TMDB it sits at 7 out of 10 from roughly 828 votes, placing it among the more widely liked French comedies of the mid-1990s.