Cocorico, a comedy by Julien Hervé led by Christian Clavier and Didier Bourdon, lands on M6 for broadcast on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 9:10 p.m. This programming choice puts the spotlight back on the first film to unite the two stars on screen, in a context rekindled by the release of Cocorico 2 in theaters on April 8, 2026.
Cocorico
Film | 2024
Release in cinemas: February 7, 2024
Broadcast on M6 : Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.
Comedy | Running time: 1h31
Directed by Julien Hervé | Starring Christian Clavier, Didier Bourdon, Marianne Denicourt
Original title: Cocorico
Country: France
The film unfolds from a simple premise: as their wedding nears, Alice and François give their parents DNA tests intended to reveal their roots. The gift backfires when the two families, the Bouvier-Sauvage clan on one side and the Martins on the other, uncover unexpected results. Julien Hervé builds his comedy around this social and familial discrepancy, using a storytelling device already familiar in his work: putting characters who are settled in their identities into a situation that destabilizes them abruptly.
Television broadcasts arrive with a new layer of context: Cocorico is still tied to the historic first cinema meeting between Christian Clavier and Didier Bourdon. The duo has long been one of the standout selling points of the 2024 big screen release, and today their star shines even brighter as the franchise gears up for a new installment. For Julien Hervé, this also marks his first solo feature after Le Doudou, co-directed with Philippe Mechelen, and following his work as a screenwriter on the Les Tuche saga.
The cast also brings together Marianne Denicourt, Sylvie Testud, and Julien Pestel around the two leading figures. On the production side, the film has been noted for a few self-acknowledged nods to other popular hits in French comedy—notably those surrounding Christian Clavier and the universe of Trois Frères—without altering its core arc: a movie conceived above all as a family‑reunion comedy with some embarrassing revelations.
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