The Trip to Biarritz

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The Trip to Biarritz - Wikipedia

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The Trip to Biarritz

Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Michel Audiard Raymond Castans Gilles Grangier Jean Manse Massimo Uleri
Based on	The Trip to Biarritz by Jean Sarment
Produced by	Jacques Plante Massimo Uleri
Starring	Fernandel Michel Galabru Rellys
Cinematography	Roger Hubert
Edited by	Madeleine Gug
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production companies	Millimax Produzione Cinematografica Mediterranee
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	15 March 1963 (1963-03-15)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

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

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

Fernandel as Guillaume Dodut
Michel Galabru as Touffanel
Rellys as Louis
Catherine Sola as Thérèse
Jacques Chabassol as Charles Dodut
Hélène Tossy as Madeleine Dodut
Anna Massey as Marjorie Robertson
Arletty as Fernande
Jacques Balutin as Le reporter
Paul Bonifas as Bourrély
Daniel Ceccaldi as Paul Bonnenfant
Albert Dinan as Bastide
Jean-Pierre Moulin as Philippe
Gaston Rey as Beaucoiran
Max de Rieux as Laget
Michael Anthony
Richard Caldicot
José Casa
Josette Chavassieux
Jean Daniel
Germaine Gerlata
Alvys Maben
Viviane Méry
Anthony Stuart
Robert Casa as Le facteur
Paul Frankeur as Le chauffeur de la locomotive
Alix Mahieux as Petit rôle

References

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

Bibliography

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

External links

The Trip to Biarritz at IMDb

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

Films directed by Gilles Grangier

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