L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard

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L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. 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
• : the commissioner
• Lucien Callamand: the notary
• : the directrices
• : Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
• Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
• : the doctor at the maternity ward
• : the casino manager
• : Caroline
• or : the first doctor
• : the little boy

References[]

External links[]

• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at IMDb
• L’Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953) at the Films de France
• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at Uni France films

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