Le Prestige de la mort (2006)
Directed by Luc Moullet

Film Synopsis

Even though he hasn't sorted out the finances for his next film yet, director Luc Moullet heads off to the south of France in the hope of finding some suitable locations.  He is busy reconnoitring in the mountains when he comes across the body of a dead man.  Now, if Moullet had been a normal person he would have immediately gone to the authorities to report his unpleasant discovery.  But Moullet is not a normal person, he is a film director who desperately needs a big publicity coup to give a boost to his ailing career.  So, instead, he swaps his passport with that of the dead man, and leads the world to think that he has dropped dead.  Unfortunately for him the dead man turns out to be someone of great importance in the world of commerce.  Even worse, the news of Mollet's untimely death is somewhat overshadowed by the demise of a far more famous filmmaker - Jean-Luc Godard.  It seems that Moullet's plans have gone somewhat awry...