The Little Bather
1968Louis-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...
Acted in
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 Henri Castagnier, 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 Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Henri Génès
as Le paysan
Georges Bever
as Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)
Claude Darget
as Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited)
Yvette Dolvia
as Mlle Rongibut (uncredited)
Faïda Faggin
as Miss San Remo (uncredited)
Max Montavon
as L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)
Pierre Tchernia
as Le président du jury (uncredited)