''The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds'' (french: La pomme, la queue et les pépins) is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Claude Fournier and released in 1970.

Gerald Pratley Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian. Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Cor ...

, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 16. The film stars

Donald Lautrec Donald Lautrec (born Donald Bourgeois, July 13, 1940 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Canadian (Quebec) singer and actor. Career With a friend in 1957, Lautrec created the acrobatic duo, ''Don and Lee'', which performed on trampolines throughout Cana ...

as Martial Roy, a former playboy who suddenly finds himself dealing with

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after falling in love with and marrying Louise Letarte (Han Masson), leading them both on a journey of trying out various cures and solutions.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Pomme, la queue et les pépins, La – Film de Claude Fournier"
''Films du Québec'', April 7, 2009. The cast also includes Roméo Pérusse,

Janine Sutto Janine Sutto, (20 April 1921 – 28 March 2017) was a French-born Canadian actress and comedian. Career Born in Paris to Léopold Sutto and Renée Mamert, she emigrated to Canada in 1930, with her family settling in Montreal. At age 14, Sutt ...

, Réal Béland, Thérèse Morange,

Jean Lapointe Jean Lapointe, (December 6, 1935 – November 18, 2022) was a Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a Senate of Canada, Canadian Senator. Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo ''Les Jérolas'' with Jérôme Lemay, perf ...

, Danielle Ouimet, Louise Turcot and Denis Drouin.

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* 1974 films 1974 comedy films Canadian sex comedy films Films directed by Claude Fournier Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec French-language Canadian films 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub