L'aile ou la cuisse (1976)

Director:

Claude Zidi

Writers:

Claude Zidi (writer)
Michel Fabre (writer)

Release Date:

27 October 1976 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against...

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Food | Clown | Gourmet | Kitchen

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Louis de Funès	...	Charles Duchemin
Coluche	...	Gérard Duchemin
Ann Zacharias	...	Marguerite #2 - la secrétaire intérimaire
Julien Guiomar	...	Jacques Tricatel
Claude Gensac	...	Marguerite #1 - la secrétaire de Duchemin
Georges Chamarat	...	Le doyen des académiciens
Jean Martin	...	Le médecin
Fernand Guiot	...	Dubreuil - un collaborateur de Duchemin
Gérard Boucaron	...	Ficelle
Antoine Marin	...	Un collaborateur de Duchemin
Yves Afonso	...	Le faux plombier
Raymond Bussières	...	Henri - le chauffeur de Duchemin
Philippe Bouvard	...	Philippe Bouvard - l'animateur du débat
Marcel Dalio	...	Le tailleur de Duchemin (as Dalio)
Vittorio Caprioli	...	Vittorio - le patron d'un restaurant

Also Known As:

The Wing and the Thigh (International: English title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | France:U | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Auberge Saint-Pierre, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, France

Company:

Les Films Christian Fechner

Trivia:

'Louis de Funes' had had a heart attack one year earlier and this marked his return to movies. The ads were supposed to have only his name above the title with Coluche's name in the lower credits. It was Louis de Funès himself who insisted that the posters should announce "De Funes and Coluche" above the title

Quotes:

Charles Duchemin: Call an Ambulance!
Marguerite #1: But my leg is broken!
Charles Duchemin: Good thinking call an employment agency i'l have to replace you

Excellent comedy on the theme traditional v industrial food

An excellent comedy which deals with the theme of traditional cuisine versus industrial cuisine. Traditional is personified by the Guide Duchemin (skit on Guide Michelin ) and industrial cuisine by Tricatel ( which I must assume is a skit on Jacques BOREL ) whose awesome director was played by Julien Guiomar. Louis de Funès plays the Michelin man who in secret and under various disguises tests out restaurants who in spite of this recognise who it is. Duchemin ( DE FUNES ) has a son (played by the late great French comedian Michel Colucci or "Coluche" who gives the impression of carrying on in the same line as his father but in reality is more interested in circus-clowning ! All actors give magnificent performances and the plot is brilliant. A most enjoyable moment to be spent, and now it's available on DVD in France at rock-bottom price !