French Fried Vacation (1978)
Les Bronzés
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.
- Date of release
- 1978-11-11
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (968)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Patrice Leconte
- Collection
- French Fried Vacation
Casting
- Thierry Lhermitte — Robert "Popeye" Lespinasse
- Christian Clavier — Jérôme Tarayre
- Gérard Jugnot — Bernard Morin
- Josiane Balasko — Nathalie Morin
- Michel Blanc — Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
- Dominique Lavanant — Christiane Weissmuller
- Bruno Moynot — Gilbert Sellman
- Marie-Anne Chazel — Gisèle "Gigi" André
- Michel Creton — André "Bip Bip" Bourseault
- Luis Rego — Georges "Bobo" Pelletier
- Martin Lamotte — Miguel Weissmuller
- Guy Laporte — Marcus, le chef du village
Interesting facts
French Fried Vacation is a 1978 cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It was the film breakthrough of the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for Les Bronzés from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release.
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