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My Wife's Husband

Original title: La cuisine au beurre
  • 19631963
  • 1h 21m
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6.5/10
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My Wife's Husband (1963)
Comedy
After 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of coo... Read allAfter 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of cooking with butter when Fernand cooks only with oil.After 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of cooking with butter when Fernand cooks only with oil.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
853
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
88,147
44,922
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    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lévy-Corti(scenario)
      • Jean Le Vitte(scenario)
      • Jean Manse(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Fernandel
      • Bourvil
      • Claire Maurier
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lévy-Corti(scenario)
      • Jean Le Vitte(scenario)
      • Jean Manse(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Fernandel
      • Bourvil
      • Claire Maurier
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Anne-Marie Carrière and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Laurence Lignières, Mag-Avril, and Jean-Pierre Zola in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel and Michel Galabru in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Fernandel, and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Fernandel, and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)

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    Fernandel
    Fernandel
    • Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais
    Bourvil
    Bourvil
    • André Colombey - un restaurateur normand
    Claire Maurier
    • Christiane Colombey - ex Jouvin, la femme d'André
    Andrex
    Andrex
    • Pelletan
    Mag-Avril
    • Mme Rose
    • (as Mag Avril)
    Edmond Ardisson
    Edmond Ardisson
    • Carlotti
    • (as Ardisson)
    Henri Arius
    • Le maire
    • (as Arius)
    Laurence Lignières
    • Marinette
    • (as Laurence Lignères)
    Evelyne Séléna
    • Louise
    Gaston Rey
    • Espinasse
    André Tomasi
    • Gervasoni
    Roger Bernard
    • Le petit
    • (as Le petit Roger Bernard)
    Henri Vilbert
    • Maître Sarrazin
    Anne-Marie Carrière
    • Gerda
    Michel Galabru
    Michel Galabru
    • Maximin
    Max Amyl
    Max Amyl
    • Un journaliste
    • (uncredited)
    Georges Audoubert
    Georges Audoubert
    • Un client
    • (uncredited)
    Henri Bon
    • Bernard, le filleul de Fernand
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lévy-Corti(scenario) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean Le Vitte(scenario) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean Manse(scenario) (adaptation) (dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Bourvil, who was excited to play besides Fernandel, his long time idol, was deceived by him, because Fernandel ignored him between the takes and behaved in a very arrogant way with the rest of the crew. According to Bourvil, Fernandel thought he was, him, Fernandel, the real lord and god on the shooting.
    • Connections
      Remade as Mes deux maris (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      La Caissière du Grand Café
      Music by Louis Izoird

      Lyrics by Louis Bousquet

      Performed by Fernandel

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    7/10
    A comedy with tailor-made seasoning
    A nice comedy, that aged pretty well compared to other 'classics' of that period. Bourvil and Fernandel are doing a good job in their only (i think) collaboration and show good complicity.

    Years before "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis", we have this opposition between North and South (summarized in their cooking style but not limited to that) - but in the South and in a really different settings as this is not the core of the movie. Core of the comedy is the come-back of Fernandel to its home place, but many many years after the war has ended. What will he find and how will he react to it? The best is not to spoil it but let you watch it!
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    • johnpierrepatrick
    • Apr 26, 2020

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1963 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Cooking with Butter
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • Agnes Delahaie Productions
      • Dear Film Produzione
      • Les Films Corona
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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