Alpe d’Huez 2026 – Alter Ego: Laurent Lafitte in duplicate

Nicolas and Bruno, duo of Informative Message and The Person of Two People, return with a hilarious comedy about an average, balding guy, whose neighbor is the perfect double… with hair.

If we put aside the hairy erotic comedy In search of Ultra-sex (made from sequences of porn films from the 70s), Nicolas and Bruno had not made a film since 2013 and The Big Bad Wolfunjustified failure at the box office. But here is the return of the duo behind The informative message And The Person of Two Persons with the much awaited Alter Egoin competition at the Alpe d’Huez festival. A story obviously on the borders of reality: Alex (Laurent Lafitte) discovers astounded that his new neighbor is his perfect double… but with hair. A double better than him in every way, who also happens to be his office neighbor, and whom Alex will begin to envy to the point of being mad.

Nicolas and Bruno reconnect with the absurd humor that made their success, and continue to examine the trajectories of unsuitable individuals, crushed by competitiveness and the world of work (fans rest assured, COGIP is there). But Alter Egoit’s also a lot of hilarious visual gags and as brilliantly simple as Zabou Breitman with a mustache (!) or a complicated installation of a camping tent. Very rhythmic, very funny, the film benefits from a pretty crazy cast, from Laffite – exceptional both as an embittered guy and as an arrogant asshole who succeeds in everything – to Blanche Gardin (her best role), including Olga Kurylenko (too rare in comedy) and Marc Fraize (with his brilliant phrasing). The most awkward thing about all of this is that the film manages to land on its feet despite its crazy scenario that Quentin Dupieux will inevitably be a little jealous of.

Official synopsis: Alex has a problem: his new neighbor is his perfect double. With hair. A double and better, which will completely turn his existence upside down.
Directed by: Nicolas Charlet and Bruno Lavaine. With: Laurent Lafitte, Blanche Gardin, Olga Kurylenko.
Released March 4