The Little Bather

– Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
1968
Original Name:
Le Petit Baigneur
The Little Bather (1968) - Also known as Le Petit Baigneur

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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The Little Bather (1968) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Mar 1968

Language:

French, Italian

Director:

Robert Dhéry

Writer:

Robert Dhéry (original screenplay), Pierre Tchernia (collaborator on screenplay), Albert Jurgenson (collaborator on screenplay), Michel Modo (collaborator on screenplay), Claude Clément (collaborator on screenplay), Jean Carmet (collaborator on screenplay)

Main Actors:

Louis de Funès, Andréa Parisy, Franco Fabrizi, Michèle Alexandre

Plot:

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...

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10