- HD 1080
- Runtime: 82m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France
- Director: Jean Yanne
- Stars: Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Michel Auclair
- keywords: roman empire, demonstration, catacombs, chariot race, satire, gay club, parody, cleopatra, ancient rome, product placement, conspiracy, peplum, north africa, anachronism, analogy, antiquity, julius caesar
- Production_studio: Carthago Films, Renn Productions
- The Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ is featured in the top rankings of 1982
- #51 in Top Comedy Movies of 1982
In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.