Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.
Gérard Depardieu
as Jean Bourdalou
Michel Boujenah
as Alain Berrebi
Elsa Zylberstein
as Arlette Stern
Catherine Jacob
as Lorène Benguigui
Gina Lollobrigida
as Gaby Berrebi
Gad Elmaleh
as Samy
Maurice Chevit
as David Stern
Emmanuelle Riva
as Sonia Stern
Ériq Ebouaney
as Omar
Felix Fibich
as Nathan Stern
Jenny Clève
as Renée Bourdalou
Anna Loubeyre
as Mémé Perret
