The Little Bather

The Little Bather

1968 · 96 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy

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...

Directed by Robert Dhéry · Written by Robert Dhéry

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Louis de Funès Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Andréa Parisy Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume
Franco Fabrizi Marcello Cacciaperotti
Michel Galabru Scipio
Robert Dhéry André Castagnier
Colette Brosset Charlotte Castagnier
Pierre Dac Le ministre
Jacques Legras Henri Castagnier, le curé
Michèle Alexandre L'épouse du ministre
Nicole Vervil La mère du petit Francis
Robert Rollis Un marin
Georges Adet Le gardien du chantier

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