The Little Bather

The Little Bather

96 mins | Comedy | March 22, 1968

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...

The Little Bather

96 mins | Comedy | March 22, 1968

The Little Bather
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Fono Roma, Les Films Corona, Les Films Copernic, Selenia Cinematografica
Original title Le Petit Baigneur
Directors Clément Claude, Robert Dhéry, Gérard Guérin
Writers Claude Clément, Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Michel Modo, Pierre Tchernia, Jean Carmet, Albert Jurgenson

Cast

Louis de Funès

as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

Andréa Parisy

as Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume

Franco Fabrizi

as Marcello Cacciaperotti

Michel Galabru

as Scipio

Robert Dhéry

as André Castagnier

Colette Brosset

as Charlotte Castagnier

Pierre Dac

as Le ministre

Jacques Legras

as Le curé

Michèle Alexandre

as L'épouse du ministre

Nicole Vervil

as La mère du petit Francis

Robert Rollis

as Un marin

Georges Adet

as Le gardien du chantier

Philippe Dumat

as Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare

Gérard Calvi

as Le chef de la fanfare

Roger Caccia

as L'organiste

Hélène Dieudonné

as La garde-barrière

Pierre Tornade

as Le ministre

Henri Génès

as Le paysan

Georges Bever

as Le majordome des Fourchaume

Claude Darget

as Le speaker de la course nautique

Yvette Dolvia

as Mlle Rongibut

Faïda Faggin

as Miss San Remo

Max Montavon

as L'homme nu de la cabine

Pierre Tchernia

as Le président du jury