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The Little Bather

1968 · 96 min

A broad, energetic French farce full of shouting, slapstick and rural chaos, easy to enjoy without much thought.

Overview
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...

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 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
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • identity
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Robert Dhéry
Written by
Robert Dhéry, Claude Clément, Michel Modo, Pierre Tchernia
Starring
Louis de Funès, Andréa Parisy, Franco Fabrizi, Michel Galabru, Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Pierre Dac, Jacques Legras
Cinematography
Jean Tournier
Runtime
96 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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