Comedy
The Wild Oat
User Score20 votes
67%6.7/10
Release1953→
Runtime1H 43M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
Principal Cast8
Fernandel
Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
Georges Chamarat
Mr. Aussel, postmaster
Henri Vilbert
Mayor of Valorgue
Edmond Ardisson
Évariste, postman
Leda Gloria
Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise
Pierrette Bruno
Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti
Jean Gaven
Abbot Daniel, village vicar
Madeleine Sylvain
Mrs. Clotilde Hébrard, wife of Félicien
Media1
Backdrops
Director
Henri Verneuil
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Keywords
francevillagebicyclebakeryromancebakerbreadbread makingsouth of france
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Countries:FranceItaly
Production:Cité FilmsFidès FilmPeg Produzione