Comedy ·Drama · France · 1979 · 1h 35m

Swimming Instructor

Le Maître-nageur

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Director
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Cast
Guy Marchand as Marcel Jean-Claude Brialy as Logan Stefania Sandrelli as Marie Moustache as Zopoulos Jean-Louis Trintignant as le jardinier Benoît Ferreux as le garagiste
Crew
Jean-Jacques Flori — Director of Photography Henri Lanoë — Editor Robert Emion — Writer Françoise Emion — Writer Jean-Claude Emion — Writer Vahé Katcha — Novel
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
greedmarathonteacherwealthdeath
Key Collaborators
Jean-Louis Trintignant Director Jean-Jacques Flori Director of Photography Henri Lanoë Editor Robert Emion Writer Françoise Emion Writer Jean-Claude Emion Writer Vahé Katcha Novel Stéphane Tchalgadjieff Producer Serge Marquand Producer Humbert Balsan Producer
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