Le Cactus (2005)

Sami is the world’s biggest hypochondriac. He has only to hear or read about a rare and incurable disease to convince himself that he has caught it. Unable to find work, he sponges off his friend Patrick, a successful businessman who puts up with Sami only because he once saved his life. Certain that he is suffering from a brain disease, Sami goes for a head scan at his local hospital. Impatient to know the result of the scan, he eavesdrops on a conversation between two doctors and learns that he has just three months left to live. (In fact, the doctors are not talking about Sami but their potted cactus.) Sami breaks the news to Patrick and announces that he intends to go to India to find a mystic who can cure him. Feeling that he is responsible for Sami’s condition, Patrick decides to go with him, but soon begins to wish that he had stayed at home…

Sami a un probleme dans la vie: il est hypocondriaque. Patrick, lui, a aussi un probleme: Sami. Car ce dernier lui a sauve la vie alors qu'ils etaient enfants, et depuis, Patrick ne peut lui refuser son amitie. A la suite d'un quiproquo chez son radiologue, Sami est persuade de n'avoir plus que trois mois a vivre. Patrick decide de l'accompagner dans cette epreuve dont helas il ne mesure pas la portee destructrice et qui le menera jusqu'en Inde, a la recherche du seul medecin ayurvedique capable de sauver son meilleur ami…

Director: Gerard Bitton, Michel Munz
Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbe and Alice Taglioni
Production land: France
Premiere Date: 12 November 2005 Sarlat Film Festival
IMDb