Two couples, one awkward tent swap, and Sunday gangsters who definitely didn't read the script.
Two couples of friends who have arranged to meet in the woods get lost and find themselves in an embarrassing situation: the husband of one with the wife of the other? Each couple tries to get through this forced cohabitation honestly, but everything is turned upside down when two young Sunday gangsters appear. What follows is a cross-country chase through the woods, which leads the whole gang back to the house, where one of the couples manages to leave, free at last, on an old tandem, bound for... Africa!
Costume
Mid-century camping chic you didn't know existed.
Practical Effects
That tandem bicycle deserves its own billing.
Director
Robert Vernay
Louis Velle
Jean
Dany Robin
Danielle
Marie Daëms
Lulu
Jacques Jouanneau
Dédé la Matraque
Noël Roquevert
Le père Mathieu
Henri Virlogeux
Le cantonnier
Jess Hahn
Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy'
Armande Navarre
Alice
Pauline Carton
La chef des choristes
Max Elloy
Le brigadier
Henri Charrett
Un gendarme
Christian Lude
Un gendarme
Jackie Sardou
Une passagère du premier car
Georges Demas
Le chauffeur du car des touristes / Le motard au barrage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dany Robin was briefly marketed as 'the new Brigitte Bardot'—this film's frantic energy suggests they were throwing everything at the wall.
The 'weekend gangster' trope satirizes 1950s French anxieties about juvenile delinquency and Americanized rebellion.
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