Les Grandes Vacances (film)
(Redirected from The Exchange Student)
| Les Grandes Vacances | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jean Girault |
| Written by | Jean Girault Jacques Vilfrid |
| Produced by | Raymond Danon |
| Starring | Louis de Funès |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Jean-Michel Gautier |
| Music by | Raymond Lefevre |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France/Italy |
| Language | French/English |
| Box office | $52.4 million [1] |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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
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