Trois enfants... dans le désordre (1966)
Directed by Léo Joannon

Comedy
aka: Three Disordered Children

Film Review

Abstract picture representing Trois enfants... dans le desordre (1966)
Popular comic actor Bourvil is on fine form in this light-hearted comic farce, where he stars alongside the lovable Jean Lefebvre (best known for his appearances in the Louis de Funès Gendarmes films).  Although the plot is very silly and some of the characters even sillier, this is an entertaining little film which manages to keep the jokes coming, through a series of increasingly improbable plot twists.  The uneasy relationship between the different generations that is portrayed in this film is just as mid-1960s as its groovy music and costumes.  With a fairly bland supporting cast, the film relies heavily on the talents of its lead actor, but this provides a welcome opportunity for us to enjoy Bourvil's larger-than-life personality and succumb to his unerring ability for making us laugh.
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Next Léo Joannon film:
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Film Synopsis

Eugène Laporte is a successful businessman.  His plans to get married and start a family are frustrated by the machinations of an unscrupulous rival.  Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Eugène realises that the only way to prevent the State from seizing his entire personal fortune is to invent a family for himself.  His loyal employee Fernand sets out to find three fatherless children who will serve Eugène's plan.  Then Eugène is released from prison, but only after he has claimed parental responsibility for the three children.  To avoid a further prison sentence he has no choice but to adopt the three children when they find their way to his home.   First there is Georges, an unruly young boy who has a habit of running away.  Then there is Zoé, an aspiring young singer who needs a father so that she can obtain a visa to go to Russia.  And then there is Roger, who is mixed up with petty criminals.   When two of his adopted children's mothers decide to move into his house, Eugène realises that he has his hands well and truly full.  And his wife-to-be is none too pleased...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Léo Joannon
  • Script: Jacques Emmanuel, Léo Joannon
  • Cinematographer: Henri Persin
  • Music: Gaby Verlor
  • Cast: Bourvil (Eugène Laporte), Jean Lefebvre (Fernand), Rosy Varte (Mme Duchemin), Anne-Marie Carrière (Marguerite), Uta Taeger (Zoé), Gérard Lartigau (Roger), Jean-François Vlerick (Georges), Robert Dalban (Le juge Gaubert), Christine Aurel (Bébé), Fernand Berset (Le contremaître), Jean-Henri Chambois (Le juge d'instruction), Henri Coutet (Le garçon de bureau), Eric Donat (Un complice de Roger), Pierre Doris (L'impresario de zoé), Max Elloy (L'appariteur), Hubert de Lapparent (Simonet), Marc Laurent (Un complice de Roger), Robert Lombard (Chevassot), Alix Mahieux (Mlle Chauchoin), Jacques Mancier (Vertex)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 100 min
  • Aka: Three Disordered Children

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