Comedy drama ‘Comme deux gouttes d'eau’ (that's the last straw)

Dr Connelly, an eminent psychiatrist, is suffering from the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Close to retirement, he hopes to cure his patients (including Mr Adams, who thinks his wife is a sausage, Mr Friquet, who thinks he's a bird, and Mrs Trouffin, who still imagines she's in the middle of the Cold War) before the disease affects him too much. Except that, after forgetting to take his medication, he completely loses it on the day he has to go for an interview with Roland Lechat, the expert from the National Public Health Service who has to renew his licence. To make sure he doesn't lose his place, his assistant Alessia devises a ploy: Martial Steiner, the lift repairman in the building, is Dr Connelly's double. All he has to do is play the role of the psychiatrist, despite his incompetence in the field. Surprisingly, Martial doesn't do too badly and manages to fool the expert. Except that Dr Connelly returns, even more ill than before. Enough to drive anyone mad.

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