The Fenouillard Family

The Fenouillard Family

Comedy | Jan. 4, 1961

The Fenouillards (Sophie Desmarets and Jean Richard are the parents, Annie Sinigalia and Marie-José Ruíz are the daughters) are shopkeepers with higher aspirations. The Monsieur wants to run for mayor of their town, but the family acknowledges he has little experience of the real world -- and so they all take off to experience it together. After starting out by getting lost, the family goes through an odyssey that takes them to Brazil, the Antarctic, and Japan in a series of episodic adventures.

The Fenouillard Family

Comedy | Jan. 4, 1961

The Fenouillard Family
The Fenouillards (Sophie Desmarets and Jean Richard are the parents, Annie Sinigalia and Marie-José Ruíz are the daughters) are shopkeepers with higher aspirations. The Monsieur wants to run for mayor of their town, but the family acknowledges he has little experience of the real world -- and so they all take off to experience it together. After starting out by getting lost, the family goes through an odyssey that takes them to Brazil, the Antarctic, and Japan in a series of episodic adventures.
Producers
Original title La Famille Fenouillard
Directors Yves Robert
Writers Christophe, Jean Ferry, Yves Robert

Cast

Jean Richard

as Agénor Fenouillard

Bernard Blier

as A traveler (uncredited)

Sophie Desmarets

as Léocadie Fenouillard

Annie Sinigalia

as Cunégonde

Marie-José Ruiz

as Artémise

Madeleine Clervanne

as Mrs. de Bréauté-Beuzeville

Gérard Darrieu

as 'Souris-Bibi'

Gilbert Denoyan

as Harris

Hubert Deschamps

as The schoolmaster

André Gille

as 'Follichon'

Henri Virlogeux

as Commander

Jean-Claude Arnaud

as (uncredited)

Georges Aubert

as 'Bordure' (uncredited)

André Badin

as (uncredited)

Bernard Charlan

as Antoine Petit (uncredited)

Marcel Charvey

as (uncredited)

Henri Cote

as (uncredited)

Philippe Desboeuf

as 'La Charente' (uncredited)

Alain Dumoulin

as Polydore (uncredited)

Pierre Duncan

as (uncredited)

Lucien Frégis

as A traveler (uncredited)

Daniel Goldenberg

as Anatole (uncredited)

André Pradel

as (uncredited)

Claude Richard

as (uncredited)

Yves Robert

as 'Le Coq' (uncredited)

André Weber

as Nanca (uncredited)