

Jean-Pierre Savelli is a forty-something employee of an insurance company in Clermont-Ferrand who finds himself facing a mid-life crisis. When his fiancée Valérie decides to put their relationship on hold, he changes his holiday plans and heads for the Flots Bleus camping site near Arcachon. Jean-Pierre had been hoping for peace and calm. Instead he meets Patrick Chirac and his entourage of inveterate holidaymakers...
Acting
Franck Dubosc's Patrick Chirac — aggressively committed buffoonery.
Writing
Rapid-fire insults that sound elegant even when vulgar.

Director
Fabien Onteniente
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Flots Bleus camping site became so iconic that actual French campsites now market themselves as 'like in the film.' The cultural impact is real — and slightly cursed.
Claude Brasseur and Mylène Demongeot were already French cinema legends; their presence lent unexpected gravitas to scenes involving exploding barbecues.