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French Fried Vacation (1978)

French Fried Vacation poster
Original title
Les Bronzés
Directed by
Patrice Leconte
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
0
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 953 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of French vacationers spend their time at a seaside resort. The film pokes fun at resort culture and the silly antics of holidaymakers.

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What happens

French Fried Vacation (French: Les Bronzés, [le bʁɔ̃ze]) is a 1978 cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It was the film breakthrough of the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for Les Bronzés from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release. It was followed by two sequels, also directed by Patrice Leconte: Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) and Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie (2006). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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