Main Cast: Bourvil, Nadine Basile, Jane Marken , Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Release Year: 1952
Country: FR
Run Time: 80 minutes
Plot
The title of this French low-comedy opus refers to a fancy, family-owned hotel. Village buffoon Hippolyte (Bourvil) hopes to inherit the hotel, but he's opposed by his crafty relatives. In order to qualify for the inheritance, Hippolyte is forced to enroll in grade school, from which he'd never graduated. Romance blossoms in the form of his sexy cousin Gavotte (Brigitte Bardot), but when Hippolyte learns that her interest in him is purely mercenary, he settles for good-hearted schoolmarm Madeline (Nadine Bassile). Le Trou Normand bears a remarkable resemblance to the 1985 Adam Sandler comedy Billy Madison. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jacques Deray - First Assistant Director, Jean Bastia - First Assistant Director, Jean Boyer - Director, Franchette Mazin - Editor, Paul Misraki - Composer (Music Score), Robert Giordani - Production Designer, Charles Suin - Cinematographer, Walter Rupp - Production Manager, Jacques Bar - Producer, Walter Rupp - Producer, William Robert Sivel - Sound/Sound Designer, D'Arlette de Pitray - Screenwriter
