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The Little Bather(1968)
Status: Released
Date: 1968-03-22
66%
370 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Overview:
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films Corona
Les Films Copernic
Fono Roma
Selenia Cinematografica
Movie: The Little Bather
Top 10 Billed Cast
Louis de Funès
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Andréa Parisy
Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume
Franco Fabrizi
Marcello Cacciaperotti
Michel Galabru
Scipio
Robert Dhéry
André Castagnier
Colette Brosset
Charlotte Castagnier
Pierre Dac
Le ministre
Jacques Legras
Henri Castagnier, le curé
Michèle Alexandre
L'épouse du ministre
Nicole Vervil
La mère du petit Francis
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Overview
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
Release Date
1968-03-22
Average
6.628
Rating:
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