''Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears'' or ''Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles'' is a 1979 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes.
Plot
Two single men without stories that are cousins, working in the same bank and live in the same dwelling in Paris. Encouraged by their employer to break with a rhythm of monotonous life, they decided to rent a car (a new Ami 8 break ...) Scent of a Woman getaway to visit Bruges. However, their journey is just begun to finally abandoned after meeting a girl who hitchhiked.
Cast
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Daniel Auteuil as Jean-Bernard
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Gérard Jugnot as Pierre
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Henri Guybet
Henri Guybet (born 21 December 1936) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1964.
Guybet started his career in dinner theater in the Café de la Gare, alongside Coluche and Miou-Miou in late 1960s. Gérard Oury ...
as Bertier
* Anne Jousset as Karine
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Nadia Barentin as Karine's Mother
* Michel Puterflam as Karine's Father
* Patricia Karim as Jacqueline
* Patrick Chauvel as Monsieur Blanquet
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Roland Giraud
Roland Giraud is a French actor. He married actress Maaike Jansen in 1966.
Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His fir ...
as The Director
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Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
as A Client
* Martine Laroche-Joubert as A Client
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Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in '' Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. H ...
as The Guard
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Jacques Legras
Jacques Legras (16 October 1924 – 15 March 2006) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Branquignol'' (1949) - Le domestique qui crie trop fort
* ''La patronne'' (1950) - Un témoin
* ''Bernard and the Lion'' (1951) - Paul
* '' Lov ...
as The Foreign Agent
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Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952) is a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balask ...
as A Passerby
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Bruno Moynot
Bruno Moynot (born 20 December 1950, in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France ) is a French actor and theatre director.
Part of the famous French comedy group Le Splendid, he is best known for his roles in Patrice Leconte's ''Les Bronzés'' an ...
as The Car Renter
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Thierry Lhermitte as The Tire Thief
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Christophe Malavoy
Christophe Malavoy (born 21 March 1952 in Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
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as The Driver
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Martin Lamotte as The Bride
* Maaike Jansen as The Bride
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Marie-Anne Chazel
Marie-Anne France Jacqueline Chazel (born 19 September 1951) is a French actress, screenwriter and director, who has been active in both film and television since 1974.
Biography
Chazel was born to actress Louba Guertchikoff (birth name Lou ...
as The 2CV Woman
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Christian Clavier as The 2CV Man
References
External links
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1979 comedy films
1979 films
French comedy films
1970s French-language films
1970s French films
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