''Les grandes vacances'' (released internationally as ''The Exchange Student'') is a French–

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comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

movie from 1967, directed by

Jean Girault Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...

, written by

and starring by

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...

Plot

Charles Bosquier is the dictatorial headmaster of a French school. One of his own sons miserably failed his exams, so he sends him to England as exchange student.

Cast

: M. Charles Bosquier *

Claude Gensac Claude Gensac (1 March 1927 – 27 December 2016) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nomi ...

: Mme Isabelle Bosquier *

Ferdy Mayne Ferdy Mayne (or Ferdie Mayne) (born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel; 11 March 1916 – 30 January 1998) was a German-British stage and screen actor. Born in Mainz, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1930s to escape the Nazi regi ...

: Mac Farrell *

Martine Kelly Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch po ...

: Shirley Mac Farrell * Jean St Clair : Mrs Mac Farrell *

Olivier de Funès Olivier de Funès (born 11 August 1949 in Paris), is a French former film actor and Air France pilot, son of actor Louis de Funès. Partial filmography *1965: ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (of André Hunebelle) - Michou *1966: '' Le Grand Restau ...

: Gérard Bosquier *

François Leccia François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

: Philippe Bosquier *

Maurice Risch Maurice Risch (born 25 January 1943, in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in ...

: Stéphane Michonnet * Jean-Pierre Bertrand : Christian, a friend of Philippe * René Bouloc : Bargin, the pupil who leaves with Philippe * Jacques Dublin : Claude, a friend of Philippe *

Dominique Maurin "Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-bo ...

: Michel, a friend of Philippe *

Bernard Le Coq Bernard Le Coq (born 25 September 1950) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films since 1967. His first big role Bernard Le Coq has played as Annie Girardot's son and Claude Jade's brother in the family dra ...

: Jean-Christophe

References

External links

* 1967 films 1967 comedy films French comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Jean Girault 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub