The Little Bather (1968)
Le petit baigneur
96 min
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...
- Release date
- March 22, 1968
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
- Music
- Gérard Calvi
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Cast
- Louis de Funès as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
- Andréa Parisy as Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume
- Franco Fabrizi as Marcello Cacciaperotti
- Michel Galabru as Scipio
- Robert Dhéry as André Castagnier
- Colette Brosset as Charlotte Castagnier
- Pierre Dac as Le ministre
- Jacques Legras as Henri Castagnier, le curé
- Michèle Alexandre as L'épouse du ministre
- Nicole Vervil as La mère du petit Francis
- Robert Rollis as Un marin
- Georges Adet as Le gardien du chantier
- Philippe Dumat as Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare
- Gérard Calvi as Le chef de la fanfare
- Roger Caccia as L'organiste
- Hélène Dieudonné as La garde-barrière
- Pierre Tornade as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
- Henri Génès as Le paysan
- Georges Bever as Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)
- Max Montavon as L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)
- Pierre Tchernia as Le président du jury (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert Dhéry · Director
- Robert Dhéry · Writer
- Pierre Tchernia · Writer
- Albert Jurgenson · Writer
- Michel Modo · Writer
- Robert Dorfmann · Producer
- Gérard Calvi · Composer
- Jean Tournier · Cinematographer
- Albert Jurgenson · Editor
- Jean André · Production designer
- Robert André · Production designer