Movie: The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Top 10 Billed Cast

Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins

Louis Aubinard

Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum

Pianist

Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson

Sybil

Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc

Norbert

Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret

Lingerie Man

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Zalman

Angela Pleasence
Angela Pleasence

Louis' Sister

Carlos Kloster
Carlos Kloster

The Archbishop

Claudine Mavros
Claudine Mavros

Mother Superior

Artus de Penguern
Artus de Penguern

Saint Francis

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  • Overview

    A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

  • Release Date

    1991-05-01

  • Average

    5.938

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    The catch of the day is fresh comedy.

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  • Languages:

    English
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