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Les Grandes Vacances (film)

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Les Grandes Vacances
Directed byJean Girault
Written byJean Girault
Jacques Vilfrid
Produced byRaymond Danon
StarringLouis de Funès
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byJean-Michel Gautier
Music byRaymond Lefevre
Distributed byValoria Films
Release date
  • 1 December 1967 (1967-12-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance/Italy
LanguageFrench/English
Box office$52.4 million [1]

Les Grandes Vacances (released internationally as The Exchange Student) is a FrenchItalian 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Les Grandes vacances (1967)". JPBox-Office. 1967-11-01. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. ^ "Les GRANDES VACANCES (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Les Grandes Vacances (1966) - Jean Girault | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  4. ^ "Les grandes vacances" – via mubi.com.
  5. ^ Le Denn, Yves (2019). Pile ou face, Les Editions Chapitre, Paris, ch. 2.
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