Gaston Bernod is a Parisian bus driver. Honest, upright and hard-working, he is held in high esteem by his superiors. Gaston has always pampered "his" bus, going as far as to equip it with a fuel-saving device of his invention. Very close to his vehicle, he may have somewhat neglected his wife Paulette, who lets herself got round by the smooth words of Pierrot. The gigolo has indeed managed to persuade her to follow him to the Mont Saint-Michel, "a wonderful nest for their burgeoning love" as he says. The trouble is that Gaston, while driving his dear 84, catches sight of the car, and suddenly aware of his misfortune, sees red. He immediately sets off in pursuit of the culprits, involving his load of helpless passengers in the chase.
Practical Effects
Real bus stunts on actual French roads, gloriously uncontrolled
Acting
Rellys's dead-serious devotion to a public transit vehicle
Director
Léo Joannon
Rellys
Gaston Bernod
Yves Deniaud
Jules Laplanche
Paulette Dubost
Paulette Bernod
José Noguéro
Micha Bey
Gérard Landry
Pierrot
Jacqueline Porel
Mimi Jonquille
Pauline Carton
Pauline
Robert Le Fort
Gendarme Fieschi
Charles Lemontier
Engineer
Maurice Marceau
Butcher
Albert Michel
Vacuum cleaner sales representative
Marcel Pérès
Gendarmerie brigadier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-war French cinema loved putting working-class heroes in absurd situations; this is basically Tati before Tati became Tati.
Le 84 refers to an actual Paris bus line—imagine making a rom-com about the emotional life of a city bus driver today.
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