René Fallet

Writing

René Fallet

Born December 4, 1927 · Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, France

Died July 25, 1983 · aged 55

René Fallet (4 December 1927 – 25 July 1983) was a 20th-century French writer. He wrote a novel that the 1981 film La Soupe aux choux was later based on. Source: Article "René Fallet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

The Cabbage SoupThe Cabbage Soup · 1981
The Cabbage Soup
6.41981
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Fan-Fan the TulipFan-Fan the Tulip · 1952
Fan-Fan the Tulip
6.71952
MovieRomanceAdventure
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
The TricyclistThe Tricyclist · 1957
The Tricyclist
5.71957
MovieComedy
Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professional integrity. A wedding cake pays the price for it and the young man is dismissed. Not dispirited in the least, Antoine decides to go to Nice, where his favorite team will play the final of the Cup. On his merry (and eventful) way, he has the opportunity to save a pretty camper, Popeline, with whom he falls in love. Once in Nice, he discovers that Dabek, the brilliant goal-keeper is not up to his task following bad news...
Idiot in ParisIdiot in Paris · 1967
Idiot in Paris
6.61967
MovieComedy
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...
The Old GuardThe Old Guard · 1960
The Old Guard
6.31960
MovieComedy
Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
The Gates of ParisThe Gates of Paris · 1957
The Gates of Paris
6.61957
MovieDramaComedy
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
The Love of a WomanThe Love of a Woman · 1953
The Love of a Woman
6.81953
MovieDramaRomance
Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an Italian engineer.
The Real BargainThe Real Bargain · 1965
The Real Bargain
4.01965
MovieComedy
The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac who is about to marry.

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Beaujolais Nouveau Is ArrivedBeaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived · 1978
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
4.21978
MovieComedy
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived, directed by Jean-Luc Voulfow in 1978, is a comedy inspired by the novel by René Fallet that depicts an incredible adventure set against a backdrop of French rurality and popular friendship. The film tells the story of Camadule, an enigmatic and endearing character, respected in his small café "Chez Gaston", where he shares anecdotes and mysteries. One day, his friends entrust him with the sacred mission of fetching several barrels of Beaujolais Nouveau, supposedly belonging to an old countess with whom he is favored. To accomplish this quest, he is joined by the Captain, a former soldier disillusioned by life and its failures, and Kamel, an immigrant worker, all driven by the hope of the new wine and the dream of a collective adventure.

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