Father's Trip (1966)

September. 16,1966

6.5

| Drama

Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdresser, who, busy with her work, hasn't been back to the village for two years. In a few days, it will be Denise's birthday, the youngest of his daughters, and, urged on by his wife, he sets off, determined to bring the prodigal son back to the family celebration. But Denise is now living off her charms.

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Cast

Fernandel as Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien

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Lilli Palmer as Isabelle Quantin, femme du paysan

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Laurent Terzieff as Frédéric, l'instituteur

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Reviews

Solemplex

1966/09/16

To me, this movie is perfection.

Greenes

1966/09/17

Please don't spend money on this.

SpunkySelfTwitter

1966/09/18

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Catangro

1966/09/19

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.