361 reviews
Comedy
1h 36m
1968
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...

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...
- DirectorRobert Dhéry
- Release22 March 1968
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 36m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate361 reviews
- Productions
Les Films Corona, Les Films Copernic, Fono Roma, Selenia Cinematografica
Cast

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

Philippe Dumat
Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare

Gérard Calvi
Le chef de la fanfare

Hélène Dieudonné
La garde-barrière

Pierre Tornade
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare

Henri Génès
Le paysan

Georges Bever
Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)

Claude Darget
Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited)

Pierre Tchernia
Le président du jury (uncredited)
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