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The Trip to Biarritz

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The Trip to Biarritz
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byMichel Audiard
Raymond Castans
Gilles Grangier
Jean Manse
Massimo Uleri
Based onThe Trip to Biarritz by Jean Sarment
Produced byJacques Plante
Massimo Uleri
StarringFernandel
Michel Galabru
Rellys
CinematographyRoger Hubert
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Production
companies
Millimax
Produzione Cinematografica Mediterranee
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 15 March 1963 (1963-03-15)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

The Trip to Biarritz (French: Le voyage à Biarritz) is a 1963 French-Italian comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernandel, Michel Galabru and Rellys.[1] It is based on the play of the same title by Jean Sarment which was staged at the Comédie-Française in 1936.

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Cadenet,[2] Trets,[3] Toulon and London. The sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. It also marked the final film role of the veteran actress Arletty in the role of a hotel proprietor.

Synopsis

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Guillaume Dodut is a stationmaster in rural France at a station where trains no longer stop. His dream has always been to holiday in the famous resort town of Biarritz. Meanwhile, he gets involved in the romantic life of his son who is studying to be an engineer in London.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Le Bail & Le Bail p.385
  2. ^ Souvais, Michel. Arletty, confidences à son secrétaire (in French). Editions Publibook. p. 187. ISBN 978-2-7483-8735-3. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Quand Michel Galabru était chef de gare à Trets". www.laprovence.com (in French). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Patrice Le Bail & Bruno Le Bail. La forteresse des illusions: petite anthologie du cinéma français. 2007.
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