Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (1976)
Directed by Jacques Rozier

Comedy
aka: The Castaways of Turtle Island

Film Synopsis

Jean-Arthur Bonaventure is bored of his humdrum job as a modest employee at a travel agency in Paris.  With his friend Joël Dupoirier he hits on a revolutionary project that will allow him to break out of his monotonous routine and live up to his name.  What he proposes is a special kind of cruise whereby, for the modest sum of three thousand francs, his clients can live on a desert island like Robinson Crusoe.  Jean-Arthur's bosses are in favour of the scheme, but there is just one problem: where in the world can a desert island be found in this day and age?  Accompanied by his friend Joël, Jean-Arthur sets out to answer this question in the Caribbean...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Rozier
  • Script: Jacques Rozier
  • Cinematographer: Colin Mounier
  • Cast: Pierre Richard (Jean-Arthur Bonaventure), Jacques Villeret (Bernard Dupoirier, dit 'Petit Nono'), Maurice Risch (Joël Dupoirier, dit 'Gros Nono'), René Gros (Un client de l'agence), Bernard Dumaine (Le directeur du personnel), Lise Guicheron (Lisette Benoît), Bernadette Palas (Lucette, la fiancée de 'Gros Nono'), Maryse Viscard (L'amie de Lisette), Cléa de Oliveira (La chanteuse brésilienne), Alain Sarde (Un voyageur), Jean-François Balmer (Le grand patron), Maranha Fernandez (L'amie du grand patron), Arlette Emmery (Une secrétaire), Marcel Lainé (Le menuisier), Sonia Vareuil (Le première cliente), Caroline Cartier (Julie, l'attachée de presse), Dominique Constanza (Josette), Danielle Minazzoli (Christine), Pierre Barouh (Le voyageur mécontent), Patrick Chesnais (Gérard)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 140 min
  • Aka: The Castaways of Turtle Island

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