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The Exchange Student

1967 · 85 min

A breezy, silly farce full of flustered authority figures, mistaken identities and sunny holiday chaos that never asks much of you.

Overview
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • class
Places
  • school
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean Girault
Written by
Jacques Vilfrid, Jean Girault
Starring
Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly, François Leccia, Olivier de Funès, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Jacques Dynam
Music
Raymond Lefèvre
Cinematography
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Runtime
85 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
English, French

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