French Fried Vacation

6.6

1978

1h 45m

Comedy

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

Key Crew

Director

Patrice Leconte

Producers

Yves Rousset-Rouard

Writers

Dominique Lavanant

Josiane Balasko

Marie-Anne Chazel

Cinematography

Jean-François Robin

Music

Michel Bernholc

Cast (18)

Thierry Lhermitte

Robert Lespinasse, aka 'Popeye'

Christian Clavier

Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner

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