Vanille fraise (1989)

Ancienne espionne ayant arrêté depuis 10 ans, Clarisse vit une vie tranquille. Tout irait pour le mieux si son mari, Antoine, ne la trompait pas régulièrement tout en étant terriblement ... See full summary »

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson,

Stars:

Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Isaach De Bankolé

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierre Arditi	...	Antoine Boulanger
Sabine Azéma	...	Clarisse Boulanger
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Hippolyte N'Go
Riccardo Cucciolla	...	Andreani
Venantino Venantini	...	Anselmo
Pino Quartullo	...	Vincenzo Scotto
Giuseppe Cederna	...	Ernesto Muso
Jacques Perrin	...	Guillaume Forestier
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach	...	Lui-même
Olivier Orban	...	L'éditeur milanais
Franco Angrisano	...	Le chef douanier
Gianfranco Jannuzzo	...	Le flic
Patrick Timsit	...	Norbert
Marianne Denicourt	...	Gloria
Carole Franck	...	Maryse

Storyline

Ancienne espionne ayant arrêté depuis 10 ans, Clarisse vit une vie tranquille. Tout irait pour le mieux si son mari, Antoine, ne la trompait pas régulièrement tout en étant terriblement jaloux. Un jour, elle accepte une proposition de son ex-supérieur de rempiler le temps d'une mission à Capri. Là sous le nom de code "Fraise", elle se fait passer pour l'épouse de "Vanille", un agent noir. Tous deux doivent faire sauter un navire transportant des missiles pour le compte d'une organisation terroriste. Mais le mari de Clarisse, jaloux, est là lui aussi et ignore tous de leur mission.

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Plot Keywords:

spy

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 November 1989 (France)

Also Known As:

Geheimauftrag Erdbeer Vanille

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cristaldifilm, Films A2, G-Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Ice Cream Headache

There were several plus points as far as I was concerned; Danielle Thompson working with her father Gerard Oury again and Sabine Azema and Pierre Arditti, arguably one of the most consistent pairings in French cinema. Not a lot of originality plot-wise; Azema is an ex-spy out of the game for a decade but persuaded to take on one more mission which wouldn't be all that bad if hubby (Arditti) were not almost psychotically jealous, especially since on the current mission she is posing as the wife of a handsome hunk and is obliged to lie to Arditti. Naturally he discovers that she is not where she said she was going and sets out to catch her inflagrante. That's basically all there is to it and in lesser hands it would be the wrong side of ho-hum but we are, of course, talking Thompson, Azema and Arditti or, to put it another way, Class.