Gramps Is in the Resistance
| Gramps Is in the Resistance | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Marie Poiré |
| Starring |
Christian Clavier Michel Galabru Gérard Jugnot Martin Lamotte Dominique Lavanant Jacqueline Maillan Jacques Villeret Josiane Balasko Michel Blanc Jean-Claude Brialy Jean Carmet Bernard Giraudeau Thierry Lhermitte Jean Yanne Julien Guiomar Roland Giraud Jacques François |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $24,624,492[1] |
Gramps Is in the Resistance or Papy fait de la résistance is a cult French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1983.
Plot
Héléna Bourdelle, called "The Bourdelle," is a great singer and wife of maestro André Bourdelle. Joining the Resistance, he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Following the defeat, the family's mansion is taken over by German forces, leaving the family occupying a few back rooms, complaining to the Kommandantur about his excesses and those of his men. Bourdelle, her daughters and their tenant help by chance an English soldier to escape and are then forced to hide him. The family, whose former caretaker Ramirez has become a Gestapo agent, is favoured by the General Spontz who has a soft spot for Bernadette Bourdelle. He is willing to ignore the fact that Guy-Hubert, son of the family, a seemingly cowardly and effeminate hairdresser, is actually the elusive vigilante known as "Super-Resistant".
The tenant Michel Taupin woos without success Bernadette Bourdelle, who initially had designs on Colette. Her insistent desire to join the Resistance leads to many adventures. Imprisoned after an episode at the Kommandantur, he meets a resistant, Felix / Frémontel who confides in him, thinking he is about to be shot, but escapes thanks to Super-Resistant, and Felix who is trapped by a pot of glue. Although she had vowed not to sing while there were Germans in France, Helena Bourdelle is forced by General Spontz to attend a reception in honour of Hitler's half-brother, Ludwig Marshal von Apfelstrudel. The resistance with the help of Michel Taupin explode a bomb.
The story seems to end, but proves to be a "film within the film," and gives way to a contemporary television debate, designed to address the period of occupation, and to report on the reality of the depicted events in the film. The show brings together Bernadette Bourdelle, his brother Guy Hubert, Adolfo Ramirez (son of Ramirez, who came from Bolivia to defend his father's memory), General Spontz and Michel Taupin (Minister of Veterans Affairs). Soon, the discussion turns to disaster: Ramirez Junior insults and defames the other protagonists of the story, who start to beat him on the TV set, forcing the host to cut the transmission.
Cast
- Christian Clavier as Michel Taupin
- Michel Galabru as Jean-Robert Bourdelle "Papy"
- Dominique Lavanant as Bernadette Bourdelle
- Jacqueline Maillan as Helena Bourdelle
- Jacques Villeret as Ludwig Von Apfelstrudel
- Roland Giraud as Hermann Spontz
- Gérard Jugnot as Ramirez
- Martin Lamotte as Guy-Hubert Bourdelle
- Pauline Lafont as Colette Bourdelle
- Julien Guiomar as Colonel Vincent
- Jean Carmet as André Bourdelle
- Josiane Balasko as The pharmacist
- Michel Blanc as Leboeuf father, the priest
- Jean-Claude Brialy as tennis player sycophant
- Bernard Giraudeau as resistant arrested
- Jacques François as Jacques de Frémontel, "Félix"
- Thierry Lhermitte as Colonel SS
- Jean Yanne as the militiaman Murat
- Roger Carel as General Muller
- Bruno Moynot as Flandu
- Jean Négroni as the narrator
References
- ↑ "Papy fait de la résistance (1983)". JP Box Office. Retrieved 1983-10-26. Check date values in:
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