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Les Babas Cool is a French comedy film directed by François Leterrier. It was released in 1981.
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, 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.
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..
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