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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Le gourou occidental
19930 FR
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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André Doirmot, colloquially called "the father André," is the quack of Montgarçin village and its surroundings. Well known and appreciated by all, he continued the family tradition. André will be required to treat and cure the leader of a Japanese trust and his nephew. The Japanese then decided to market a new product: the elixir of Father Andrew. The figure of the brave French peasant invaded the screens, posters are put up, the commercials are made in Japanese, English, American, Arabic and even Russian! But father André lost his beautiful serenity.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jean Lefebvre
André Gachot
Philippe Clay
Serge
Marie-Pierre Casey
Eliane
Sophie Durin
Christine
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Danièle J. Suissa
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Massoulier
- Languages
- French
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The take
Danièle J. Suissa directs. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Jean Lefebvre and Philippe Clay and Marie-Pierre Casey carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0225894 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- 0
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Danièle J. Suissa
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1993-02-03
