History Film / LaVeriteSiJeMens

* ''La Vérité si je mens! 2'' (2001), a sequel in which Eddie gets scammed by a crooked supermarket chain businessman and teams up with his friends to fight back.

* AbsenteeActor: Rafi doesn't appear in the film. In RealLife, his actor Élie Kakou died from lung cancer in 1999.

It spawned a film series:

* IdenticalGrandson: Gilbert Melki plays Henri Abitbol, the father of Patrick. melki played Patrick in the first three films.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Édouard "Eddie" Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a wealthy Sephardi Jewish textile manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business, which doesn't go without troubles.

* RankUp: One day, even at his low echelon, Eddie manages to conclude a lucrative sale, which impresses Victor and causes him to get promoted way above that rank as sales manager in Victor's business.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Édouard "Eddie" Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a Sephardi Jewish textile manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business, which doesn't go without troubles.

* FunnyForeigner: Serge makes an "Uzbek" impersonation in order for the gang to scam Denis Vierhouten. It's shit full of AsLongAsItSoundsForeign.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Édouard "Eddie" Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a Sephardi Jewish cloth manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business, which doesn't go without troubles.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Édouard "Eddie" Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a rich Sephardi Jewish cloth manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business, which doesn't go without troubles.

* ShellGame: Some shady guys invite Eddie to play a Three-card Monte at the beginning, but he isn't fooled and spots the sleight of hand, which causes the chase that leads Eddie to the Sentier district and Victor Benzakem.

''La Vérité si je mens!'' (English title: ''Would I lie to You?'') is a 1996 French comedy film directed by Thomas Gilou.

* ShiksaGoddess: Yvan tries to woo a beautiful Swedish girl at a club at one point.

* RankUp: One day, even at his low echelon, Eddie manages to conclude a lucrative sale, which impresses Victor and causes him to get promoted way above that rank in Victor's business.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a rich Sephardi Jewish cloth manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business, which doesn't go without troubles.

* TheAllegedCar: Eddie's car from his unemployment days is downright crappy. The driver side door can't be opened so he has to enter the car from the other side, and that side's door audibly creaks. Too bad he has to use it the night he decides to woo Sandra...

The film spawned two sequels and a prequel:

* ''La Vérité si je mens! 2'' (2001), in which Eddie gets scammed by a crooked supermarket chain businessman and teams up with his friends to fight back.
* ''La Vérité si je mens! 3'' (2012), in which Eddie & friends fight back against a mobster who has lured them into a trap.

* ''La Vérité si je mens! 2'' (2001), in which Eddie gets scammed by a supermarket chain businessman and teams up with his friends to fight back.

* ''La Vérité si je mens! 2'' (2001), in which Eddie gets scammed by a supermarket chain businessman and teams up with his friends and fights back.

* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Eddie and Dov trick an angry driver into thrashing the sports car of Maurice, who's TheRival to Eddie for the heart of Sandra.

* GetRichQuickScheme: Serge Benamou cannot shut up about his hairbrained "get rich quick" schemes to make money in the fashion business.

The film spawned two {{sequel}}s, ''La Vérité si je mens! 2'' (2002) and ''La Vérité si je mens! 3'' (2012), and a {{prequel}}, ''La Vérité si je mens! - Les débuts'' (2019).

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a rich Sephardi Jewish cloth manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew, tries to woo his boss's daughter Sandra (Amira Casar) and eventually decides to start his own textile business.

In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is a struggling unemployed man. Victor Benzakhem (Richard Bohringer), a rich Sephardi Jewish cloth manufacturer from the Sentier district, takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity, mistakenly believing him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community as he rises as a sales manager and makes himself some friends in the business, including Dov Mimran (Vincent Elbaz), Yvan Touati (Bruno Solo), Serge Benamou (José Garcia) and Patrick Abitbol (Gilbert Melki). He continues his masquerade of pretending to be an Ashkenazi Jew in order to woo his boss's daughter, Sandra (Amira Casar).