| Les Grandes Vacances | |
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| Directed by | Jean Girault |
| Written by | Jean Girault Jacques Vilfrid |
| Produced by | Raymond Danon |
| Starring | Louis de Funès |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Jean-Michel Gautier |
| Music by | Raymond Lefevre |
| Distributed by | Valoria Films |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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| Language | French/English |
| Box office | $52.4 million [1] |
Les Grandes Vacances (released internationally as The Exchange Student) is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jacques Vilfrid and starring Louis de Funès. [2] [3] [4]
Aerial unit director and stunt flyer Jean Falloux and a passenger died when they crashed a light plane while attempting to land on a speeding car for this film, which was dedicated to his memory. [5]
Charles Bosquier is the dictatorial headmaster of a French school. One of his own sons miserably failed his exams, so he sends him to England as an exchange student.