History Film / Hibernatus

* VillainousBreakdown: Probably De Funès's most epic breakdown to see; after realizing that the "hibernated" love affair with his friend's daughter will ruins him (since Paul Fournier is the legal owner of his factory and now the merger of his company will be passed onto him), he reveals the whole truth and it has to be seen... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8izKvsmFBfA]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: Paul Fournier thinks that he has woken up in 1905, that Edmée is her mother, that Didier is a student... In short, he thinks that he has resumed his normal life. In the end, Hubert reveals to him that he has woken up in 1970 and that everyone lied to him to make him believe that he is still in 1905. He does not believe Hubert at first, but then he finds a TV set.

''Hibernatus'' is a 1969 French comedy film. It was directed by Édouard Molinaro and it stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac and Creator/MichaelLonsdale.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: Hubert is coming from the noble family De Tartas, but is basically penniless without his wife paychecks: as it turns out, he is just the manager of the packaging company and relies on his wife's fortune and volatile moods. He is in fact counting on his son's ArrangedMarriage so he could have a bit of financial freedom: so this is basically FinancialAbuse on his wife's part...

** First Hubert puts on a black beard, mustache and tailcoat in order to impersonate the "hibernated"'s father, but while the disguse works this approach fails spectacularly since the real father was cheating on his wife with an actress and abandoned his family.

-->'''Hubert de Tartas:''' Man is going mad... Man is going mad ''[[[MinionMaracas grabs Paul and start shaking him violently]]]'' AND I'M THINK I'M GOING MAD! EDMÉE! EDMÉE! EDMÉE!

** First Hubert puts on a black beard, mustache and tailcoat in order to impersonate the "hibernated"'s father, but it fails spectacularly since the real father was cheating on his wife with an actress and abandoned his family.

* HarmlessFreezing: Paul Fournier was accidentally frozen in 1905. After he is thawed out, he is alive and well.

* IdenticalGrandson: Edmée de Tartas looks the same as her great-grandmother, because Paul Fournier takes the former for the latter.

* ArrangedMarriage: Hubert to tries to marry his son Didier with Évelyne Crépin-Jaujard (the daughter of one of his fellow businessmen) so he can merge their companies and have his own fortune. Didier is not interested; he is in love with the maid. In an ironic twist, he is a bit sympathetic with this scheme since his wife Edmée REEEALLY seems to control [[FinancialAbuse all off his money]].

* PaperThindisguise: Twice.

''Hibernatus'' is a 1969 French comedy film. It was directed by Édouard Molinaro and it stars Creator/LouisDeFunes, Claude Gensac and Michel Lonsdale.

* PetTheDog: For all his antagonism with his wife, there is a sweet scene that shows that, deep down, Hubert sincerely loves her:
-->'''Hubert:''' Edmée...\\
'''Edmée:''' Did Paul see nothing?\\
'''Hubert:''' No...\\
'''Edmée:''' If he had discovered you in my bedroom, he would have killed you...\\
'''Hubert:''' He believed I was telling you "good evening".\\
'''Edmée:''' Thank you for the thought, my dear...\\
'''Hubert:''' Charming complicity that reminds us the time of our engagement... The youth of your grandfather has brought a little bit of ours...

-->'''Hubert de Tartas:''' "And your idiot of a son who doesn't go anywhere with Évelyne for one year! It's almost like he doesn't realize with Crépin-Jaujard capitals, I will be finally safe from your whims!

* AbusiveParents: Of the verbal kind. Hubert Barrère de Tartas doesn't like when Didier doesn't want to date Evelyne because they have opposites personalities.
* ArrangedMarriage: Hubert to tries to marry his son Didier with Evelyne Crépin-Jaujard (the daughter of one of his fellow businessmen) so he can merge their companies and have his own fortune. Didier is not interested; he is in love with the maid. In an ironic twist, he is a bit sympathetic with this scheme since his wife Edmée REEEALLY seems to control [[FinancialAbuse all off his money]].
-->'''Hubert de Tartas:''' "And your idiot of a son who doesn't go anywhere with Evelyne for one year! It's almost like he doesn't realize with Crépin-Jaujard capitals, I will be finally safe from your whims!

** First Hubert puts on a black beard, mustache and tailcoat in order to impersonate the "hibernated"'s father, but it fails spectacularly since the real father was cheating on his wife with a actress and abandoned his family.

* ArrangedMarriage: Hubert Barrère de Tartas plans to marry his son Didier with Évelyne Crépin-Jaujard, the daughter of another industrialist, so that his company can be merged with another. Didier is not interested. He is in love with the maid.

* PaperThinDisguise: Hubert Barrère de Tartas dons a fake beard to impersonate Paul Fournier's father. A bit later, he dons a fake moustache to impersonate Edmée's fiancé. Paul Fournier does not notice he is the same person.