Le Voyage du père (1966)

Le Voyage du père is a French film first released in 1966, directed by Denys de La Patellière.  The film stars Fernandel, Laurent Terzieff, Lilli Palmer, Madeleine Robinson and Michel Auclair.  It has also been released under the title: Father’s Trip.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Quantin lives with his family in a village near the Swiss border.  He is increasingly anxious that he has received no news from his eldest daughter, Marie-Louise, who went to Lyons to find work as a hairdresser.  At his wife’s insistence, Quantin leaves for the city, accompanied by Frédéric, Marie-Louise’s fiancé.  Arriving in Lyons, Quantin and Frédéric are surprised when they learn that she no longer works at the hairdressing salon.  They are told that Marie-Louise is now working at the Trianon, a beauty salon for men.  According to the Trianon’s manager, Marie-Louise is involved in the prostitution racket.  Devastated, Quantin and Frédéric resolve to find Marie-Louise and bring her back home, if it is not already to late...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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