Don't Touch my Bagpipes!

Dec 3, 1980

1h 24m

★ 4.0

Overview

Gaëtan (Sim), a small-town hotelier, schemes to scrape together enough money to travel to Paris for a belote tournament, resorting to increasingly dubious tricks and hiding his savings inside his beloved bagpipes.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Critère Films

Don't Touch my Bagpipes! Trailers

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Cast

Gaëtan

Sim

Mademoiselle Kerlouette

Florence Blot

Riton

Henri Génès

La femme d'Henri

Jeannette Batti

Gus

Gérard Croce

Le patron du bistrot

Robert Rollis

La conductrice de car

Nicole Pescheux

La serveuse

Évelyne Broussole

Le patron du garage

Léon Marie

Le cuisinier

Luc Barney

Agnès

Chantal Doukhan

Martine

Béatrice Marcillac

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Cast

Gaëtan