April Fools' Day or Poisson d'avril, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Michel Audiard, starring Bourvil, Annie Cordy, and Louis de Funès.
Plot Honest garage mechanic, faithful husband and good father, Emile Dupuy was persuaded by the patter of a salesman at a bazaar to buy a cane fishing model with the money intended for his wife Charlotte's dream: a washing machine. Not daring to tell her, he will lie, small lies, wholesale lies, and finds himself in an inextricable situation.
Cast
Bourvil : Emile Dupuy Annie Cordy : Charlotte Dupuy Louis de Funès : The gamekeeper Denise Grey : Clémentine Prévost Pierre Dux : Gaston Prévost Jacqueline Noëlle : Annette Coindet Paul Faivre : Louis Charles Lemontier : M. André Jean Hébey : M. Dutreille Nono Zammit : M. Gauthier Guy Loriquet : Léon Gérard Sabatier : Jacky Zeimet : Germain Louis Bugette : The garage's owner Maurice Biraud : The seller of fishing equipment Suzanne Grey : The neighbor René Havard : The examiner Gérard Darrieu : The delivery guy Charles Denner : A café's client
References
External links
Poisson d’avril (1954) at the Films de France