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Les Grandes Vacances (film)

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(Redirected from Les grandes vacances (film)) "The Exchange Student" redirects here. For the episode of Cow and Chicken, see The Exchange Student (Cow and Chicken). 1967 France/Italy film
Les Grandes Vacances
Directed byJean Girault
Written byJean Girault
Jacques Vilfrid
Produced byRaymond Danon
StarringLouis de Funès
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byJean-Michel Gautier
Music byRaymond Lefevre
Distributed byValoria Films
Release date
  • 1 December 1967 (1967-12-01)
Running time85 minutes
CountryFrance/Italy
LanguageFrench/English
Box office$52.4 million

Les Grandes Vacances (released internationally as The Exchange Student) is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault and starring Louis de Funès.

Aerial unit director and stunt flyer Jean Falloux and a passenger died when they crashed a light plane while attempting to land on a speeding car for this film, which was dedicated to his memory.

Plot

Charles Bosquier is the dictatorial headmaster of a French school. One of his own sons miserably failed his exams, so he sends him to England as exchange student.

Cast

References

  1. "Les Grandes vacances (1967)". JPBox-Office. 1967-11-01. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. "Les GRANDES VACANCES (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
  3. "Les Grandes Vacances (1966) - Jean Girault | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  4. "Les grandes vacances" – via mubi.com.
  5. Le Denn, Yves (2019). Pile ou face, Les Editions Chapitre, Paris, ch. 2.

External links

Films by Jean Girault


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