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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...
Keywords
inventor
boss
boat
sunday
southern france
kayak
lighthouse keeper
contract
priest
canal
prototype
former employee
bugle
shipyard
1960s
river barge
preaching
Casts

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
Roger Caccia
L'organiste

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)
Yvette Dolvia
Mlle Rongibut (uncredited)
Faïda Faggin
Miss San Remo (uncredited)

Max Montavon
L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)

Pierre Tchernia
Le président du jury (uncredited)
Crews
Robert André
Production Design

Robert Dhéry
Director
Claude Clément
Writer

Robert Dhéry
Writer
Georges Vaglio
Sound Assistant
Lucien Lippens
Unit Manager
Théobald Meurisse
Assistant Decorator
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Pierre Durin
Special Effects

Michel Modo
Screenplay
Yves Mirkine
Still Photographer
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Jean André
Production Design
Jean Fouchet
Main Title Designer
Michel Berroyer
Hair Designer
Gérard Guérin
Assistant Director

Pierre Tchernia
Screenplay

Colette Brosset
Writer
Bertrand Javal
Associate Producer

Gérard Calvi
Music
Clément Claude
Second Unit Director
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator

Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Roger Morand
Assistant Production Manager
Janine Oudoul
Assistant Editor
Colette Robin
Script
Tanine Autré
Costume Design
Georges Vallon
Production Manager
Gabriel Béchir
Assistant Decorator

Maurice Rémy
Sound Assistant
William Robert Sivel
Sound Assistant
Gérard Guenier
Special Effects
Albert Jurgenson
Screenplay

Maurice Jacquin
Associate Producer

Jean Carmet
Screenplay
Pierre Berroyer
Makeup Artist
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