The Exchange Student

– Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe,..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 24 Minutes
Release Year:
1967
Original Name:
Les Grandes Vacances
The Exchange Student (1967) - Also known as Les Grandes Vacances

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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The Exchange Student (1967) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Dec 1967

Language:

French, English

Director:

Jean Girault

Writer:

Jacques Vilfrid (screenplay), Jean Girault (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly, François Leccia

Plot:

Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his colleague soon joins him, and further...

Production:

Les Films Copernic

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10