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Movie

The Discord

19781h 30m6.4 / 10

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

The Discord opened in theaters June 6, 1978. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

More about The Discord

Cast

Louis de FunèsGuillaume Daubray-Lacaze
Annie GirardotBernadette Daubray-Lacaze
Maurice RischL'imbécile
Jean-Jacques MoreauLe contremaître
Geneviève FontanelMadame Berger
Jacques FrançoisLe préfet
Georges StaquetLe délégué-ouvrier
Mario DavidLe camionneur

Credits

Directed by
Claude Zidi
Written by
Claude Zidi, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Mocky

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
French
Original title
La Zizanie

Production

  • Les Films Christian FechnerFrance

Themes

1970secologyfactoryfactory ownerfrancehusband wife relationshipmayoral electionsmall town