L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
Plot Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.
Cast Michel Simon: Auguste Bard Yves Deniaud: Antonio Geneviève Page: Donata Georgette Anys: Julie Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau Paul Demange: the nervous doctor Paul Frankeur: the priest Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer Henri Arius: the commissioner Lucien Callamand: the notary Emma Lyonel: the directrices Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward Maurice Bénard: the casino manager Yvonne Claudie: Caroline Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor Michel Gerbier: the little boy Claude Ermelli Colette Ravel Jacques Robin
References
External links
L’Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953) at the Films de France L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at Uni France films