Comedy · France · 1953 · 1h 43m

The Wild Oat

Le Boulanger de Valorgue

Director

Cast

Fernandel as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker Georges Chamarat as Mr. Aussel, postmaster Henri Vilbert as Mayor of Valorgue Edmond Ardisson as Évariste, postman Leda Gloria as Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise Pierrette Bruno as Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti

Crew

Charles Suin — Director of Photography Christian Gaudin — Editor Nino Rota — Original Music Composer Pierre Lozach — Writer Yves Favier — Writer Lorenzo Pegoraro — Producer

Synopsis

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Henri Verneuil Director Charles Suin Director of Photography Christian Gaudin Editor Nino Rota Original Music Composer Pierre Lozach Writer Yves Favier Writer Lorenzo Pegoraro Producer Ernest Rupp Producer Robert Giordani Production Design

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