French Fried Vacation (French: Les Bronzés, [le bʁɔ̃ze]) is a cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by 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.[2] The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release.
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Directed by | Patrice Leconte |
Screenplay by | Patrice Leconte Le Splendid |
Produced by | Yves Rousset-Rouard |
Starring | Josiane Balasko Michel Blanc Marie-Anne Chazel Christian Clavier Gérard Jugnot Thierry Lhermitte |
Cinematography | Jean-François Robin |
Music by | Michel Bernholc Serge Gainsbourg |
Production company | Trinacra Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $17.3 million[1] |
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)
Gigi, Jerome, Christiane, Jean-Claude, and Bernard visit a resort in the Ivory Coast, the Club Med village of Assinie. Bernard subsequently meets up with his wife, Nathalie, who has already spent a week there, and they are all welcomed by Popeye and the eccentric emcees, Bobo and Bourseault. The film follows the humorous couplings and uncouplings of the group, and especially Popeye's attempt to seduce record numbers of women and, in stark contrast, Jean-Claude's failure to seduce even one.
Although the movie depicts the adventures of a group of GOs and GMs at Club Med, the shooting was made mostly at Valtur village Les Paletuviers, next to the Club Med resort.
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