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2 September 1998 (France)
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L'année prochaine, on reste en France !
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French Road Movie in U.S. Southwest
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Cast
(in credits order) | Emma de Caunes | ... | Claire |
 | Judith Henry | ... | Elvira |
| Hubert Koundé | ... | Aimé |
| Estelle Larrivaz | ... | Suzy |
 | Samuel Le Bihan | ... | Mathias |
| Bernard Le Coq | ... | Jean-Michel |
| Bruno Lochet | ... | Gwenaël |
| Antoinette Moya | ... | Lyliane |
| Claire Nadeau | ... | Nicole |
 | Michel Robin | ... | Raymond |
| Bruno Solo | ... | Jeff |
| Jorge Cervera Jr. | ... | Emilio |
 | Vincent Schiavelli | ... | Gary |
 | Debra Christofferson | ... | Kathy |
| Françoise Sage | ... | Hôtesse Dream-Tour |
| Jean Alibert | ... | Richard |
| Sibby Bronson | ... | Douanière aéroport Los Angeles |
| Christian Aubert | ... | Guide français |
| Abbes Zahmani | ... | Max |
 | Michael Kostroff | ... | Bagastie hôtel Los Angeles |
 | Judy Herrera | ... | Desawenta |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Darwyn Carson | ... | Flight attendant |
| Frank Feys | ... | Belgian tour guide |
 | William Romeo | ... | Court Jester |
 | Julian Stone | ... | Hotel Clerk |
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| Jean-Paul Salomé | |||
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| Bruno Dega | writer | |
| Jean-Paul Salomé | writer | |
| Jérôme Tonnerre | story | |
Produced by | |||
| Alain Bourboulon | .... | producer | |
| Frédéric Bourboulon | .... | producer | |
| Alain Sarde | .... | producer | |
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| Alexandre Desplat | |||
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| Jean-Claude Larrieu | |||
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| Michèle Robert-Lauliac | |||
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| J. Rae Fox | |||
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| Helen Britten | |||
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| Charlotte David | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Erin Braus-Guth | .... | makeup department head (as Erin M. Braus) | |
| Susan Ham | .... | makeup artist | |
Art Department | |||
| John M. Oswald | .... | construction coordinator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Sylviane Bouget | .... | sound editor | |
| Michel Casang | .... | boom operator | |
| Edouard d'Heucqueville | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Christian Fontaine | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Laurent Poirier | .... | sound | |
| Jean-Noël Yven | .... | sound effects editor | |
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| Séverine De Wever | .... | production coordinator | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Andre Brizard | .... | digital compositor: Duboi | |
| Thomas Duval | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Xavier Fourmond | .... | digital compositor | |
| Antoine Simkine | .... | visual effects executive producer: Duboi | |
| Georges Tornero | .... | digital compositor | |
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| Mary Torres | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Stephane Cojot-Goldberg | .... | first assistant camera | |
| Guido Frenzel | .... | director of photography: second unit | |
Music Department | |||
| Philippe Lauliac | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Hayley Helmreich | .... | craft service | |
| Marc E. Spiegel | .... | location manager | |
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This comedy was triggered by the real story of a group of French tourists stranded in the southwestern US when their tour operator went bankrupt. In this film, the tour guide tries heroically to keep up the appearances of a dream tour as the inconveniences grow into disaster. For example, they are steered to a yellow school bus instead of the air-conditioned coach they expected. Everyone goes along with the program with varying degrees of fuss. Like the tourists, the audience has to be good natured about the inconveniences. At times, we have to suspend credulity, as when the group camps out in a swanky hotel suite, or when they camp out in the desert. But then we are rewarded with some lovely vistas of the southwest, including Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, and Monument Valley.
When we are not admiring the scenery, we get to watch the different characters - the young couple, the old communist couple, the bourgeois couple, the journalist, the tour guide, the chain-smoking woman, the black gym instructor, etc. - interact and reveal their individual stories and pet peeves.
The film is careful to refrain from criticism of American culture. However, it does poke jabs at the French. You would have to be fairly familiar with France and the French (and the language) to appreciate the digs. That makes it a French road movie with an American backdrop.
The one character that is unfortunately left undeveloped is the Latino (presumably Mexican) bus driver. One wonders what he thought of these crazy French tourists.