April Fools' Day or Poisson d'avril, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Michel Audiard, starring Bourvil, Annie Cordy, and Louis de Funès.
| April Fools' Day | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
| Written by | Michel Audiard Gérard Carlier Gilles Grangier |
| Produced by | Jean-Paul Guibert |
| Starring | Bourvil Annie Cordy Louis de Funès |
| Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Thiédot |
| Music by | Étienne Lorin |
Production companies | Victory Film Intermondia Films |
| Distributed by | Victory Films |
Release date | 28 July 1954 (France) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $21,660,000[1] |
Plot edit
Honest garage mechanic, faithful husband and good father, Emile Dupuy was persuaded by the patter of a salesman at a bazaar to buy a cane fishing model with the money intended for his wife Charlotte's dream: a washing machine. Not daring to tell her, he will lie, small lies, wholesale lies, and finds himself in an inextricable situation.
Cast edit
- Bourvil : Emile Dupuy
- Annie Cordy : Charlotte Dupuy
- Louis de Funès : The gamekeeper
- Denise Grey : Clémentine Prévost
- Pierre Dux : Gaston Prévost
- Jacqueline Noëlle : Annette Coindet
- Paul Faivre : Louis
- Charles Lemontier : M. André
- Jean Hébey : M. Dutreille
- Nono Zammit : M. Gauthier
- Guy Loriquet : Léon
- Gérard Sabatier : Jacky
- Zeimet : Germain
- Louis Bugette : The garage's owner
- Maurice Biraud : The seller of fishing equipment
- Suzanne Grey : The neighbor
- René Havard : The examiner
- Gérard Darrieu : The delivery guy
- Charles Denner : A café's client
References edit
External links edit
- April Fools' Day at IMDb
- Poisson d’avril (1954) at the Films de France
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