Le Distrait/The Daydreamer/Der Zerstreute (1970)

The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in the "real" world, he opts for his own fantasy world, in which everything goes right for him and he always gets the girl. After several blithe moments, the businessman manages to find success and romance for real. Filmed in 1970, The Daydreamer was released in the U.S. in 1975, after the success of the Pierre Richard comedy The Tall Blonde Man With One Black Shoe. The film was also released as Absent-Minded.

Pierre, le roi des gaffeurs, est engage dans l'agence de publicite de Guiton, dont sa mere est la maitresse. Son imagination fertile, surtout en mauvais gout, va declencher catastrophes sur catastrophes, a la grande colere de Guiton, qui va chercher par tous les moyens a se debarrasser de lui.

Glycia Malaquet convainc son amant, Alexandre Guiton, directeur d'une agence de publicite, d'engager son fils Pierre, garcon charmant et imaginatif mais afflige d'une distraction de tous les instants. Ce dernier se signale tres vite en proposant des idees plus saugrenues les unes que les autres et en semant la panique autour de lui….


Director: Pierre Richard
Stars: Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault and Maria Pacome
Production land: France
Premiere Date: 9 December 1970 France
IMDb - 6.3 (451 votes)