---
title: 'French Fried Vacation (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Patrice Leconte'
released: '1978-11-22'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/french-fried-vacation-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077276/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# French Fried Vacation (1978)

1978 · 92 min · Comedy · France

Original title: Les Bronzés

## Synopsis

French Fried Vacation is a 1978 cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It was the film breakthrough of the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for Les Bronzés from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Patrice Leconte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-leconte)
- **Screenplay:** [Patrice Leconte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-leconte)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Bernholc](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-bernholc)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-François Robin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-robin)
- **Editor:** [Noëlle Boisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noelle-boisson)

## Cast

- [Michel Such](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-such)
- [Bruno Moynot](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-moynot) as Gilbert Sellman
- [Christian Clavier](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-clavier) as Jérôme Tarayre
- [Thierry Lhermitte](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-lhermitte) as Popeye
- [Josiane Balasko](https://cinepixo.com/people/josiane-balasko) as Nathalie Morin
- [Guy Laporte](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-laporte) as Marius
- [Patrice Leconte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-leconte)
- [Marie-Anne Chazel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-anne-chazel) as Gisèle André
- [Dominique Lavanant](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-lavanant) as Christiane
- [Luis Rego](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-rego) as Georges Pelletier
- [Michel Creton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-creton) as André Bourseault
- [Gérard Jugnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-jugnot) as Bernard Morin
- [Martin Lamotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-lamotte) as Miguel Weissmuller

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