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The Bamboo Stroke (French: Le coup de bambou) is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring François Périer, Micheline Presle and Jean Richard.[1] The title is a French expression for something that is painfully expensive.

The Bamboo Stroke
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jean Guitton
Produced by	Jean Boyer Robert Dorfmann
Starring	François Périer Micheline Presle Jean Richard
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Edited by	Jacqueline Brachet
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production companies	Silver Films Films Jean Boyer
Distributed by	Valoria Films
Release date	12 April 1963
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

Synopsis

Following the sale of her bistro, a young woman leaves the money from the transaction in a taxi. In order to avoid her husband's reproaches, she feigns amnesia.

Cast

• François Périer as Léon Brissac
• Micheline Presle as Angèle Brissac
• Jean Richard as Albert
• Noël Roquevert as Dr. Séverin
• Jacques Dufilho as Le chauffeur de taxi
• Jean Lefebvre as L'auvergnat
• Paul Bisciglia
• Jacques Dynam
• Claudie Laurence
• Sophie Mallet
• Lucienne Marchand
• Dominique Zardi
• Léon Zitrone

References

Bibliography

• Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars. Batsford, 1996.

External links

• The Bamboo Stroke at IMDb

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