Les Babas Cool

Les Babas Cool is a French comedy film directed by François Leterrier. It was released in 1981.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Antoine Bonfils is a household appliance salesman. His car breaks down close to a farm. Looking for help, he figures out that the people there are living in a commune, like hippies.

Cast

Philippe Léotard : Blaise
Christian Clavier : Antoine Bonfils
Marie-Anne Chazel : Aline
Martin Lamotte : Gilles
Charlotte de Turckheim : Christine
Paul Préboist : M. Triconet
Catherine Frot : Véronique
Nadia Barentin : Tania
Sophie Renoir : Charlotte
Richard Bohringer : Paul
Anémone : Alexandra
Bruno Moynot : Doctor Jean Morin

About the film

The term “baba-cool”, also spelled “baba cool” or “babacool‘ (from the Hindi baba ’daddy” and the English cool “calm”), is a false Anglicism for “hippie”.

The film was shot between June 18 and August 3, 1981^[3], mainly in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region: Forcalquier, Gréoux-les-Bains, Manosque, Reillanne and Simiane-la-Rotonde.

The film was not a box-office success, ending the year with just under 500,000 admissions3, half as many as François Leterrier's previous film, Je vais craquer, which ended the year with a million admissions^[4].

References

^ Dumez, Virgile. "Quand tu seras débloqué… fais-moi signe ! (Les babas cool) : critique du film (1981) [In French]". Cine Dweller. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "LES BABAS COOL (1981) [In French]". Les Monde Des Avengers. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Ciné-ressources.
^ Virgile Dumez. "Quand tu seras débloqué… fais-moi signe ! (Les babas cool) : critique du film (1981)". cinedweller.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024..

External links

Les Babas Cool at IMDb

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[1] Dumez, Virgile. "Quand tu seras débloqué… fais-moi signe ! (Les babas cool) : critique du film (1981) [In French]". Cine Dweller. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2] "LES BABAS COOL (1981) [In French]". Les Monde Des Avengers. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[3] Ciné-ressources.

[Cinedweller-4] Virgile Dumez. "Quand tu seras débloqué… fais-moi signe ! (Les babas cool) : critique du film (1981)". cinedweller.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024..

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