French Fried Vacation

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French Fried Vacation (Les Bronzés) is a cult 1978 French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life at holiday resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French troupe Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for Les Bronzés from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release.

It was followed by two sequels, also directed by Patrice Leconte: Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) and Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie (2006)

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Plot

Gigi, Jerome, Christiane, Jean-Claude, and Bernard visit a resort in the Ivory Coast, the Club Med village of Assinie. Bernard subsequently meets up with his wife, Nathalie, who has already spent a week there, and they are all welcomed by Popeye and the eccentric emcees, Bobo and Bourseault. The film follows the humorous couplings and uncouplings of the group, and especially Popeye's attempt to seduce record numbers of women and, in stark contrast, Jean-Claude's failure to seduce even one.

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Cast

• Josiane Balasko as Nathalie Morin
• Gérard Jugnot as Bernard Morin
• Marie-Anne Chazel as Gigi
• Christian Clavier as Docteur Jerome Tarere
• Michel Blanc as Jean-Claude Dusse
• Thierry Lhermitte as Popeye
• Luis Rego as Bobo
• Martin Lamotte as Miguel
• Dominique Lavanant as Christiane
• Bruno Moynot as Gilbert Sellman
• Michel Creton as Bourseault
• Guy Laporte as Marcus
• Pascale Deneu
• Marion Lanez
• Sylvie Obry

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Filming location

Although the movie depicts the adventures of a group of GOs and GMs at Club Med Assinie, the shooting was made mostly at Valtur village Les Paletuviers, next to the Club Med resort.

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References

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External links

• Les Bronzés on IMDb

Source of the article : Wikipedia