Les grandes vacances (film)
1967 France/Italy film
- 1 December 1967 (1967-12-01)
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Les grandes vacances (released internationally as The Exchange Student) is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault and starring Louis de Funès.[2][3][4]
Aerial unit director and stunt flyer Jean Falloux and a passenger died when they crashed a light plane while attempting to land on a speeding car for this film, which was dedicated to his memory.[5]
Plot
Charles Bosquier is the dictatorial headmaster of a French school. One of his own sons miserably failed his exams, so he sends him to England as exchange student.
Cast
- Louis de Funès : M. Charles Bosquier
- Claude Gensac : Mme Isabelle Bosquier
- Ferdy Mayne : Mac Farrell
- Martine Kelly : Shirley Mac Farrell
- Jean St Clair : Mrs Mac Farrell
- Olivier de Funès : Gérard Bosquier
- François Leccia : Philippe Bosquier
- Maurice Risch : Stéphane Michonnet
- Jean-Pierre Bertrand : Christian, a friend of Philippe
- René Bouloc : Bargin, the pupil who leaves with Philippe
- Jacques Dublin : Claude, a friend of Philippe
- Dominique Maurin : Michel, a friend of Philippe
- Bernard Le Coq : Jean-Christophe
References
- ^ "Les Grandes vacances (1967)". JPBox-Office. 1967-11-01. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Les GRANDES VACANCES (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Les Grandes Vacances (1966) - Jean Girault | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Les grandes vacances" – via mubi.com.
- ^ Le Denn, Yves (2019). Pile ou face, Les Editions Chapitre, Paris, ch. 2.
External links
- Les grandes vacances at IMDb
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Films by Jean Girault
- People in Luck (1963)
- Les Bricoleurs (1963)
- Pouic-Pouic (1963)
- Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
- The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
- The Gorillas (1964)
- Gendarme in New York (1965)
- Les grandes vacances (1967)
- A Strange Kind of Colonel (1968)
- Le gendarme se marie (1968)
- Le gendarme en balade (1970)
- Jo (1971)
- The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979)
- L'Avare (1980)
- Ach du lieber Harry (1981)
- The Cabbage Soup (1981)
- Le gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982)
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