The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

1973 French film

Francis Huster
Nathalie Delon
Brigitte Bardot
Bernadette Lafont

CinematographyGhislain CloquetEdited byRaymonde GuyotMusic byGuy BontempelliDistributed byWarner Bros.

Release dates

25 October 1973 (1973-10-25) (France)
17 May 1974 (1974-05-17) (Italy)

Running time

105 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office913,333 admissions (France)^[1]

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (French: L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise) is a 1973 French comedy film directed and written by Nina Companéez. Francis Huster stars as the title character, Colinot. It is notable as the final film appearance of Brigitte Bardot who retired from the entertainment industry when the film went into post-production.

Plot

Colinot's (Huster) world is turned upside down when his fiancee is kidnapped. This leads him to dangerous chase around 15th century France only to find that she has found love in the arms of a nobleman. His fortunes take a turn when he meets Arabelle (Bardot) who teaches him many life lessons.^[2]

Cast

Francis Huster as Colinot
Brigitte Bardot as Arabelle
Nathalie Delon as Bertrade
Ottavia Piccolo as Bergamotte
Francis Blanche as vagrant
Bernadette Lafont as Rosemonde
Alice Sapritch as Dame Blanche
Muriel Catala as Blandine
Jean-Claude Drouot as Masnil Plassac
Julien Guiomar as Rosemonde's husband
Jean Le Poulain as Brother Albaret
Paul Müller as Brother Hugo
Rufus as Gagnepain
Henri Tisot as Tournebeuf
Évelyne Buyle as The paid companion
Guy Grosso as Lucas
Catherine Lachens
Marie-Georges Pascal
Maurice Barrier
Mike Marshall

References

^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
^ L'Histoire Tres Bonne et Tres Joyeuse de Colinot Trousse Chemise All Movie. Retrieved on 21 August 2010