Movie: Swimming Instructor

Top 9 Billed Cast

Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand

Marcel

Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy

Logan

Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli

Marie

Moustache
Moustache

Zopoulos

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant

le jardinier

Benoît Ferreux
Benoît Ferreux

le garagiste

Christian Marquand
Christian Marquand

Paul

François Perrot
François Perrot

Maître Dalloz

Serge Marquand
Serge Marquand

Alfredo

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    Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.

  • Release Date

    1979-03-28

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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