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Swimming Instructor

Swimming Instructor

1979•1h 35m•5.6/10
ComedyDrama

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5.6/10(9)

Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.

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Production

Nadja Films, Odyssey

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Guy Marchand

Guy Marchand

Marcel

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Logan

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli

Marie

Moustache

Moustache

Zopoulos

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

le jardinier

Benoît Ferreux

Benoît Ferreux

le garagiste

Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand

Paul

François Perrot

François Perrot

Maître Dalloz

Serge Marquand

Serge Marquand

Alfredo

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