''The Big Store'' (french: Le Grand Bazar) is a 1973 French comedy film directed by
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 ...
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Plot
Four friends (
Les Charlots
Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, was a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors, who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
The group was active first from 1965 to 1966 as ''" ...
) are fired from work due to their incompetence. They then decide to help a small shopkeeper who is struggling to compete with a large store nearby.
Cast
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Gérard Rinaldi
Gérard Rinaldi (February 17, 1943 – March 2, 2012) was a French actor, musician, lyricist, artistic director and singer with Les Charlots.
Career
Death
Rinaldi died of lymphoma on March 2, 2012. He was 69. A few days later, holding back ...
- Gérard
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Jean Sarrus
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
- Jean
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Gérard Filipelli - Phil
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Jean-Guy Fechner - Jean-Guy
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Michel Galabru
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor.
Career
Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for ''Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...
- Émile
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Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.
Life and career
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ...
- Félix Boucan
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Jacques Seiler
Jacques Seiler (1928–2004) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels'' (1957) - Le garçon sortant du 'Bean's' (uncredited)
* '' Ces dames préfèrent le mambo'' (1957) - Henri Bates - le steward
* ''Le sep ...
- Jacques
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Coluche
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment ca ...
- The visitor to the apartment
References
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1973 comedy films
1973 films
Films directed by Claude Zidi
French comedy films
1970s French films
Films set in department stores
Cross-dressing in French films
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