Les Grandes Vacances (film)

"The Exchange Student" redirects here. For the episode of Cow and Chicken, see The Exchange Student (Cow and Chicken).
Les Grandes Vacances
Directed byJean Girault
Written byJean Girault
Jacques Vilfrid
Produced byRaymond Danon
StarringLouis de Funès
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byJean-Michel Gautier
Music byRaymond Lefevre
Distributed byValoria Films
Release date
  • 1 December 1967 (1967-12-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance/Italy
LanguageFrench/English
Box office$52.4 million [1]

Les Grandes Vacances (released internationally as The Exchange Student) is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault and starring Louis de Funès.[2][3][4]

Aerial unit director and stunt flyer Jean Falloux and a passenger died when they crashed a light plane while attempting to land on a speeding car for this film, which was dedicated to his memory.[5]

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  2. ^ "Les GRANDES VACANCES (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Les Grandes Vacances (1966) - Jean Girault | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  4. ^ "Les grandes vacances" – via mubi.com.
  5. ^ Le Denn, Yves (2019). Pile ou face, Les Editions Chapitre, Paris, ch. 2.