In the autumn of 1980, the famously notorious rough-and-tumble comedian Coluche (François-Xavier Demaison) - at first as a joke - decides to run for the highest office in the land: he publicly flirts ...

A plump, foul-mouthed figure in stripy overalls and a yellow T-shirt will lumber on to French cinema screens this week, 22 years after his death. Michel Colucci, better known as "Coluche", a vulgar, ...

C’est moche, c’est sale, c’est dans le vent: it’s ugly, it’s dirty, it’s going to happen. It’s difficult for me to stand by this translation because I don’t speak a lick of French. So I just have to ...

With a spur-of-the-moment presidential run, popular shock comedian Coluche tries to expose France's political scene in 1980 - but unexpected public support soon paints him as an agitator. How far can ...