''Crazy for Love'' (French: ''Le Trou normand'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer (director), Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil, Jane Marken and, in one of her first appearances, Brigitte Bardot.Lanzoni p.157 Location shooting took place around Conches-en-Ouche in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. The film's French title is a reference to an aperitif of calvados drunk between meals, which also features as the name of the film's disputed tavern.

Synopsis

The naive, simpleton countrymen Hippolyte inherits his uncle's inn in Normandy on the condition that he gain his primary school certificate. However his aunt Augustine, who stands to inherit if he does not, sets out to thwart his attempts to do so.

Cast

* Bourvil as Hippolyte Lemoine * Jane Marken as Augustine Lemoine * Brigitte Bardot as Javotte Lemoine * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Maria Courtaine * Roger Pierre as Jean Marco * Pierre Larquey as Testu * Nadine Basile as Madeleine Pichet * Noël Roquevert as Dr. Aubert * Jacques Deray as Duval * Georges Baconnet as Pichet * Albert Duvaleix as Le notaire * Marcel Charvey as L'automobiliste snob * Florence Michael as Louisette * Janine Clairville as La serveuse de la charcuterie * René Worms (actor), René Worms as Le préfet * Léon Berton as Le clerc * André Dalibert as Firmin, un paysan * Marcel Meral as Un paysan * Jean-Pierre Lorrain as Un paysan

References

Bibliography

* Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier . ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present''. A&C Black, 2004.

External links

* 1952 films Films directed by Jean Boyer French comedy films 1952 comedy films French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films set in Normandy Films shot in Normandy 1950s French-language films {{1950s-France-film-stub