La Famille Fenouillard (1960)
Directed by Yves Robert

Comedy
aka: The Fenouillard Family

Film Synopsis

The Fenouillard family have never set foot outside their home town of Saint-Rémy, so when they decide to take a trip to Paris it is quite an expedition.  Unfortunately, the family get on the wrong train and end up at the port of Le Havre.  Before they realise what is happening, they are on a boat bound for America...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Yves Robert
  • Script: Christophe, Jean Ferry, Yves Robert
  • Cinematographer: André Bac
  • Music: Gérard Calvi
  • Cast: Sophie Desmarets (Léocadie Fanouillard), Jean Richard (Agénor Fenouillard), Annie Sinigalia (Cunégonde), Marie-José Ruiz (Artémise), Madeleine Clervanne (Mme de Bréauté-Beuzeville), Gérard Darrieu (Souris-Bibi), Gilbert Denoyan (Harris), Hubert Deschamps (Le maître d'école), André Gille (Follichon), Henri Virlojeux (Le commandant), Georges Aubert (Bordure), Bernard Blier (Un voyageur), Bernard Charlan (Antoine Petit), Philippe Desboeuf (La Charente), Alain Dumoulin (Polydore), Lucien Frégis (Un voyageur), Daniel Goldenberg (Anatole), Yves Robert (Le Coq), André Weber (Nanca), Bruno Balp
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 78 min
  • Aka: The Fenouillard Family

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