French Fried Vacation

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

Cast

Thierry Lhermitte

as Robert Lespinasse, dit 'Popeye'

Christian Clavier

as Jérôme Tarayre, médecin incompétent

Gérard Jugnot

as Bernard Morin

Josiane Balasko

as Nathalie Morin, la femme de Bernard

Michel Blanc

as Jean-Claude Dusse, le frustré

Dominique Lavanant

as Christiane, la frustrée

Bruno Moynot

as Gilbert Sellman, l'homme au slip noir

Marie-Anne Chazel

as Gisèle André dite 'Gigi'

Michel Creton

as André Bourseault, dit 'bip bip', qui se croit drôle

Luis Rego

as Georges Pelletier, dit 'Bobo', un animateur

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