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The Little Bather 1968 Directed by Robert Dhéry 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...

Country France
Production Countries France , Italy
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 22 March 1968
96 mins
Cast
Louis de Funès Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Andréa Parisy Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume
Franco Fabrizi Marcello Cacciaperotti
Robert Dhéry André Castagnier
Colette Brosset Charlotte Castagnier
Pierre Dac Le ministre
Jacques Legras Henri Castagnier, le curé
Michèle Alexandre L'épouse du ministre
Nicole Vervil La mère du petit Francis
Robert Rollis Un marin
Georges Adet Le gardien du chantier
Philippe Dumat Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare
Gérard Calvi Le chef de la fanfare
Roger Caccia L'organiste
Hélène Dieudonné La garde-barrière
Pierre Tornade Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Henri Génès Le paysan
Georges Bever Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)
Claude Darget Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited)
Yvette Dolvia Mlle Rongibut (uncredited)
Faïda Faggin Miss San Remo (uncredited)
Max Montavon L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)
Pierre Tchernia Le président du jury (uncredited)