The Little Bather
1968/03/22 • Released • French
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...
Director : Robert Dhéry
Casts
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
Robert Rollis
Un marin
Georges Adet
Le gardien du chantier
Philippe Dumat
Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare
Gérard Calvi
Le chef de la fanfare
Hélène Dieudonné
La garde-barrière
Pierre Tornade
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Henri Génès
Le paysan
Georges Bever
Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)
Claude Darget
Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited)
Max Montavon
L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)
Pierre Tchernia
Le président du jury (uncredited)
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