Tonight on TV: Louis de Funes revisits French gastronomy

Back in 1958, Louis de Funes imagined the plight of Mr. Septam, owner of a grand Parisian restaurant on the Champs-Élysées, tyrannical to staff and submissive to customers, whose lives were turned upside down when he was suspected. to participate in the kidnapping of the South American head of state. However, at that time the actor was not famous enough to make a film around him.
Only in 1965, after he had achieved solid star status thanks to the notable successes of Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Fantôme and Corneux, did he resume his project.

For the first time, Louis de Funes wrote the script for a feature film, inspired by his experience as a jazz pianist in bars to create the main character, as well as many gags (including the sequence of the cult of Hitler’s mustache. The face of Monsieur Septime or the face of the ballet).

If Louis de Funes entrusts the realization to the novice Jacques Besnard, he has full authority over the casting and is surrounded by a group he knows, consisting of, among others, Noël Roquever, Bernard Blier, Paul Preboist, Robert Dalban, Jean Ausen, Jacques. Legras and Frans Rumil, without forgetting their son Olivier de Funes.

With an average viewer rating of 3.7 out of 5 on AlloCiné, Le Grand Restaurant is the pinnacle of French burlesque.

Grand restaurant Jacques Besnard with Louis de Funes, Bernard Blier, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez…

Tonight on TMC at 9:05 PM.