Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: a pure monument of French humor.
A legendary duo for an iconic comedy! If we say French humor, Sister Marie-Odile, pumpkin throwing, or tea for two, what do you think of? At La Grande Vadrouille of course!
Released in theaters in 1966, this cult comedy by Gérard Oury (The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, La Folie des grandeurs, Le Cerveau, etc.) takes place in 1942, during the Second World War. After an attack on their plane by German forces, three English pilots land in different locations in Paris.
They are helped by two French civilians, a conductor played by Louis de Funès and a house painter played by Bourvil, who agree to lead them into the free zone: they thus become, despite themselves, actors in the Resistance.
Everyone knows this scenario and yet we never get tired of it. Besides, do you know that La Grande Vadrouille is considered the best film of Louis de Funès' career, according to AlloCiné spectators?
It’s (not) all that mush!
Best film with Louis de Funèsbut not only that! According to Internet users, it is also the best French comedy of all time, which explains its rating of 4.3 out of 5.
And the least we can say is that The Big Mop is not only known in France! A Mexican director even paid tribute to him by including a long scene from the comedy in his film entitled Roma. This is Alfonso Cuarón (to whom we owe several successes, such as the blockbusters Gravity, The Sons of Man, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).
And who says cult film, says essential lines, like these: “Tea for two and two for tea, me for you and you for me”, “My bike, my shoes…and then what now?”, “It's all mush! It wasn't bad, it was very bad!”.
Finally, with its 17 million spectators, The Big Mop occupied first place at the French box office for a very long time, before being overtaken in 2008 by Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (20 million admissions) and Intouchables (19 million admissions).
But rest assured, to this day, this pure moment of humor still occupies third place in the ranking!
Tonight on France 2 at 9:10 p.m.
