“The Toy” by Francis Veber was released in 1976. After a few months of unemployment, François Perrin finally finds a job in the Rambal-Cochet newspaper. One day, while doing a report in a toy store, he finds himself face to face with Eric, the young son of his boss. This one, spoiled and capricious, demands that we “offer” him the reporter as a toy.
For his movie “The New Toy”, James Huth took up more or less the synopsis because he realized that the themes of the first film, already current at the time, were even more so today: the social divide, the child-king and the question of whether money can do everything. By moving away a little from the harshness of the original, which is nevertheless its strength, he wanted to move towards more humanity and develop the subject of fatherhood.
Philippe Etienne is the richest businessman in France. Cold, handicapped by feelings, he works harder than ever since his wife died a year earlier. Alexander, his only son and heir to the dynasty Etienne keeps him at a distance and has taken refuge in a solitary world of a spoiled child. For the latter’s birthday, Philippe Etienne has the toy department of a department store opened for him alone, with the possibility of taking what pleases him. Alexandre chooses his new toy: Samy, the night watchman.