Penny Pincher!

• Comedy

François Gautier’s meticulously constructed world of extreme frugality—where saving money is a source of genuine joy and spending induces physical distress—collapses with the dual revelation of a daughter he never knew and a burgeoning romantic connection. This isn’t simply a comedy about a cheapskate; it’s a portrait of a man whose identity is wholly bound to his meticulously calculated avoidance of expense, now desperately attempting to maintain a facade of normalcy through increasingly elaborate and costly lies. The film mines humor not from slapstick, but from the spiraling consequences of maintaining this deception, and the awkward tenderness of a man forced to redefine himself through unexpected familial obligations. It’s a gently chaotic exploration of how tightly we cling to self-imposed limitations and the liberating—yet terrifying—possibility of letting go.