"Les oiseaux rares" (The Rare Birds) is a French TV series in 60 episodes, made in 1967 and released in 1969, starring

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Dominique Labourier Dominique Labourier (born 29 April 1943) is a French actress. Born in Reims, France, she is best known outside France for starring as Julie in Jacques Rivette's film ''Celine and Julie Go Boating'' (''Céline et Julie vont en bateau'', 1974). S ...

in their debuts. In a large villa, the middle-class couple Henri (Guy Saint-Jean) and Florence Massonneau (Anna Gaylor) lives with his five daughters. While the eldest, Catherine (Nicole Chaput) awaits her wedding with her fiance Bernard (Patrick Lancelot), the second daughter, Martine (Dominique Labourier), is in love with Paul Legrand (Jean-Pierre Ducos), the Spanish teacher of the youngest daughter, Valérie (Bernadette Robert). Most cause for concern, however, the 16-year-old Sylvie (Claude Jade), who teases her sisters and also insists on getting a horse. The horse ''Turlutu'' belongs to the friend (Jean Perrin) of her elder sister Juliette (Françoise Godde). But as their relationship has ended, the horse is far away. Sylvie gets a new horse, but the villa is not a horsehome and Sylvie is kidnapping the beloved horse ''Monsieur''. As this at night wreaks devastation in the living room, he should disappear, but Sylvie arrange a lottery win and she buys the horse back. Sylvie soon finds new challenges, to drive her father to despair. Your faithful accomplice is the Spanish maid Carmen (blonde and without an accent: Nadine Servan). With the English exchange students Dorothy (Marie Privat) and Emily Graham (Hélène Callot) disappears from London to Paris to ensure there vertebra. Soon Catherine is back after breaking up with Bernard to Massonneaus, Juliette crush on the pretty Charles (Richard Leduc) and finally learns Maman Massonneau is pregnant again. While in the Villa rages the joy of life, calls a police commissioner (Raoul Delfosse) to the final. In the last of the 60 episodes of the police storm the house to arrest all those present without exception. Whether this is achieved at the lively bunch of seven family members and a dozen friends, leaves the end.

Production

The series was created and shoot in 1967 in the studios in Epinay and Vésinet and Paris. Because the theater commitments of leading actresses Claude Jade (as Frida in Henri IV at the Théâtre moderne) and Dominique Labourier (as Lorette with Richard Leduc in ''L'Été'' in Royan) the series was filmed in two seasons and broadcast two years later than an entire season.

Cast

*Nicole Chaput : Catherine Massonneau *

: Sylvie Massonneau *

: Martine Massonneau * Anna Gaylor : Florence Massonneau * Guy Saint-Jean : Henri Massonneau * Bernadette Robert : Valérie Massonneau * Françoise Godde : Juliette Massonneau * Patrick Lancelot : Bernard * Nadine Servan : Carmen * Jean-Pierre Ducos : Paul Legrand *

Richard Leduc Richard Leduc (born 1941) is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1969 to 1999. Leduc makes his debut in 1967 television series '' Les oiseaux rares'' (The rare birds). He played the lead role of Simon in his feature film d ...

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Bernard Menez Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

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