The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of resolutions beginning with "We stop everything" and the second "After a total downtime will be revived-reluctantly-that the services and products including lack will prove intolerable. Probably: water to drink, electricity for reading at night, the TSF to say "This is not the end of the world, this is an 01, and now a page of Celestial Mechanics". The implementation of these resolutions is the first day of a new era, Year 01. The Year 01 is emblematic of the challenge of the 1970s and covers such diverse topics as ecology, negation of authority, free love, communal living, rejection of private property and labor.
Josiane Balasko
as A televiewer / The cyclist
Christian Clavier
as A debate viewer
Coluche
as The office manager
Gérard Depardieu
as A traveler who does not take the train
Gébé
as The jewelry lover
Gérard Jugnot
as A debate viewer
Thierry Lhermitte
as A debate viewer
Miou-Miou
as The woman who wakes up at 6 o'clock
Cabu
as A conspirator
Romain Bouteille
as The banknote collector
Michel Fano
as
Professeur Choron
as A conspirator
