Camille Vigault, takes advantage of his vacation to visit a cousin winemaker in Roussillon. Quickly tired by work in the countryside, he prefers to buy an old abandoned Rolls Royce from his cousin.
Acting
Jean Lefebvre's signature exasperated everyman energy.
Practical Effects
That decrepit Rolls-Royce is practically a character.
Director
Richard Balducci
Jean Lefebvre
Camille Vignault
Micheline Luccioni
Germaine Vignault
Patricia Elig
Mireille Vignault, the eldest daughter
Marco Perrin
Alphonse, the cousin
Gérard Hernandez
Antonio, Spanish mechanic
Philippe Castelli
Pérol, owner of the pavilion rented by the Vignaults
Robert Dalban
Bruno, trucker
Henri Génès
Customs officer with the accent
Max Montavon
Effeminate customs officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Richard Balducci was a prolific French comedy filmmaker; this was one of many collaborations with Jean Lefebvre.
The title references a dismissive French expression about taking your fancy car and leaving—perfectly capturing 1980s working-class resentment toward pretension.
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