L'homme orchestre
| Company type | Film |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | Serge Korber (director), Jean Halain (writer) |
| Products | Film |
L'homme orchestre () is a 1970 French comedic film helmed by Serge Korber, scripted by Jean Halain, and featuring Louis de Funès in the lead role. The narrative centers on Evan Evans, who operates a ballet troupe in Monaco under a regime of strict rules.
Summary
Evan Evans (Louis de Funès) leads a dance ensemble where personal relationships and weight gain are strictly forbidden. When one of the dancers departs to get married, Evans enlists the help of his nephew Philippe (Olivier de Funès) and his assistant Françoise (Noëlle Adam) to scout for fresh performers. They bring on board Endrika (Puck Adams), whose romantic affairs are also prohibited.
Françoise engages in a secret romance with Franco Buzzini (Franco Fabrizi), but Evans puts an end to it after intercepting a recorded dialogue between her and Philippe. While touring Italy, Endrika covertly reclaims her son from foster care. Unable to secure childcare, she sends a letter to Evans suggesting that the child is Philippe’s son from Italy.
Confronting Philippe, Evans finds that he believes the claim and identifies the mother as a Sicilian woman (Paola Tedesco). Upon visiting her family, Evans learns that she has a daughter by Philippe, not a son. Further investigation leads Evans to a Roman marquis (Franco Volpi) rumored to have had a maid who was the mother, but it turns out she never bore children.
Evans and Philippe hire a nanny and conceal the two children inside drums to discreetly leave their hotel. The dancers suspect the children have been abducted and alert the Italian authorities. After questioning by Commissioner (Marco Tulli), clarity is restored with assistance from the dancers and the mother of the girl. Philippe then announces his intention to marry the Sicilian woman.
Cast
- Louis de Funès : Monsieur Édouard, Evan Evans
- Noëlle Adam : Françoise
- Olivier de Funès : Philippe, nephew of Evan Evans
- Daniel Bellus : Young driver
- Paul Préboist : Roman hotel manager
- Franco Fabrizi : Franco Buzzini
- Max Desrau : Driver
- Micheline Luccioni : Yacht passenger
- Martine Kelly : Dancer who marries
- Jacqueline Doyen : Driver at traffic light
- Christor Georgiadis : Chris, sound engineer and cook
- Vittoria Di Silverio: Woman from Rome
- Paola Tedesco : Sicilian woman
- Tiberio Murgia : Sicilian father figure
- Marco Tulli : Police commissioner
External links
- L'homme orchestre on AlloCiné