The Cocottes

The Cocottes

90 mins | Comedy, Romance | Jan. 28, 1991

A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun... until the arrival of an odd group of vacationers. Who are these gorgeous young women from the big city strolling on the village square under the watchful eye of a chaperone as beautiful as she is authoritarian? Scandal arises when it’s learned these dreamy creatures are none other than the employees of a Marseille brothel come to enjoy the good clean air of the country. All hell breaks loose as the villagers take a stand for or against the presence of these "ladies of pleasure". The mayor is called on to relay women of the moral rules of the region to the women. But the fact remains, they can’t be forced to leave: while they have no intention of plying their trade, no law exists to bring their country retreat to a premature end. Different mentalities are revealed, passions unbridled, love kindled... and doesn’t love always solve everything in the end?

The Cocottes

90 mins | Comedy, Romance | Jan. 28, 1991

The Cocottes
A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun... until the arrival of an odd group of vacationers. Who are these gorgeous young women from the big city strolling on the village square under the watchful eye of a chaperone as beautiful as she is authoritarian? Scandal arises when it’s learned these dreamy creatures are none other than the employees of a Marseille brothel come to enjoy the good clean air of the country. All hell breaks loose as the villagers take a stand for or against the presence of these "ladies of pleasure". The mayor is called on to relay women of the moral rules of the region to the women. But the fact remains, they can’t be forced to leave: while they have no intention of plying their trade, no law exists to bring their country retreat to a premature end. Different mentalities are revealed, passions unbridled, love kindled... and doesn’t love always solve everything in the end?
Producers Flach Films, TF1 Films Production, Société Française de Production (SFP)
Original title Les Mouettes
Directors Jean Chapot
Writers Nelly Kaplan, Jean Chapot

Cast

Michel Galabru

as Honorin, le maire

Macha Méril

as Mme. Rose

Frédéric Deban

as Frédéric

Anaïs Jeanneret

as Jeanne

Corinne Cléry

as Leone

Cécile Auclert

as Pauline

Bhime Souaré

as Diouf

Roger Dumas

as Marceau

Annick Alane

as Finette

Roger Carel

as Anselme, le curé

Georges Moustaki

as Mathieu

Alain Bauguil

as Toine

François Caron

as L'instituteur

Jean-Pierre Delage

as Docteur Michelet

Claudine Delvaux

as Mélanie

Stéphanie Murat

as Berthe