Les Municipaux : Trop c'est trop

In the sleepy port of Port-Vendres, a whisper about staff cuts ignites a wave of unrest among the town's municipal workers. The mayor, aided by a Paris-educated department head, is suspected of planning reductions to a 280-strong municipal corps. As rumors spread, the local union and everyday employees push back, bringing in the national union secretary for advice. Tension builds through meetings, petty rivalries and public posturing until the group votes to strike, turning routine municipal life into an escalating comic confrontation. The film tracks the eccentric personalities caught up in the dispute, using everyday office squabbles and seaside small-town detail for its humor, without revealing how the standoff ultimately plays out.

Released in France in 2019, Les Municipaux : Trop c'est trop was directed by Éric Carrière and Francis Ginibre, who also headline the cast alongside Bruno Lochet and Constance Pittard. The picture presents itself as a broad, locally focused French comedy.

Audience responses were mixed, and it holds about a 4.75/10 average from 73 votes. Critics tended to note its broad, working-class humor and its satirical take on municipal politics, while pointing to the strong ensemble interplay. Key themes include workplace solidarity, community identity, and the absurdities that arise when bureaucracy meets neighborhood life.

The film never broke out into mainstream cultural conversation, but it found a modest niche among viewers who enjoy blue-collar comedies and parodies of local government. Fans of French farce have pointed to a few memorable scenes and character beats that capture the quirks of small-town administration.

Commercially, the movie had a limited profile, playing mainly in regional cinemas and not generating major box office headlines. Its visibility relied more on word of mouth and a specific audience attracted to its slice-of-life humor than on wide theatrical success.