The Little Bather

The Little Bather

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Release Date

3/22/1968

Runtime

96 mins

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Overview

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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A sanctimonious corporate tyrant gets his comeuppance when he must humble himself before the rural laborer he once fired, resulting in slapstick chaos and unlikely mutual respect. It's comedy built on the delicious reversal of power dynamics and the abrasion between old money arrogance and earthy authenticity.

Mood

Bittersweet

Themes

ClassRedemptionPower

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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