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Cast
Daniel Auteuil
as Baptiste Laval dit Bébel
Guy Marchand
as Jean-Louis Glomot dit Paul Memphis
Grace de Capitani
as Claudine / Hélène
Charlotte de Turckheim
as Pétronille
Jean-Paul Farré
as l'inventeur du Love Computer
Hubert Deschamps
as le chirurgien
Gaëtan Bloom
as Gaëtan
Patrick Laurent
as Graffiti
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
as Stéphane
Patrick Zard
as Zard
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1982
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresComedy
Votes276
DirectorClaude Zidi
WritersMichel Fabre, Didier Kaminka
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsLes Sous-Doués En Vacances
About Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she dumps him for another guy. He has no money so he steals a backpack and goes camping. Somehow he meets a pretty girl and convinces her to share his tent. But a famous singer sees the girl and wants her too. He convinces the luckless guy to act like a fool and the girl leaves him and goes with the singer to the French Rivera.
Directed by Claude Zidi, Les Sous-Doués En Vacances leans on a strong ensemble — Daniel Auteuil, Guy Marchand, Grace de Capitani — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1982.
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