''À nous les petites anglaises'' (''Let's Get Those English Girls'') is a French film directed by

Michel Lang Michel Lang (9 June 1939 – 24 April 2014) was a French film and television director, best remembered for his comedy films in the late 1970s and 1980s. After 1990, he directed predominantly for French television. Filmography * 1964 : '' Un tou ...

, released in 1976.

Synopsis

In the summer of 1959 two French schoolboys who have failed their English exams are sent on holidays to the South of England. While they are supposed to mainly concentrate on improving their English they also get to know the local population. However it is easier to flirt with the other French schoolgirls.

Production

The film was shot in

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at Ramsgate where arcades, parks, the Foy Boat, Royal Harbour and the main sands feature throughout the film. Beaches including

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and Kingsgate Bay were also used and the Port of Dover also features where the boys arrive at the start of the film.

Cast

* Rémi Laurent as Alain * Stéphane Hillel as Jean-Pierre * as Claudie *

Sophie Barjac Sophie Barjac (born March 24, 1957 in Bourges, Cher) is a French actress of stage, screen and television. Although most of her work is in the French language (e.g., ''Holiday Hotel''), Barjac has occasionally acted in the English language: the ...

as Véronique * as Pierrot * Françoise Engel * Martine Sarcey * Rynagh O'Grady as Doreen * Aïna Wallé *

Eric Deacon Eric Cecil Deacon (born 25 May 1950 in Oxford) is an English actor and writer perhaps best known for his role in the 1985 film ''A Zed & Two Noughts'', directed by Peter Greenaway, in which he acted alongside his brother Brian. He trained as a ...

as Mike * David Morris as Dave

References

External links

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