Cast
Louis de Funès (Louis-Philippe Fourchaume)Andréa Parisy (Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume)Franco Fabrizi (Marcello Cacciaperotti)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 (Le gardien de phare)Pierre Dac (Le ministre)Henri Génès (Le paysan)Jacques Legras (Henri Castagnier (le curé))Michel Galabru (Scipio)Colette Brosset (Charlotte Castagnier)Robert André (Unknown)
Director
Robert Dhéry
Synopsis
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...
