Les Bronzés: friends for life
The two films Les Bronzés, directed by Patrice Leconte and released in 1978 and 1979, are among the most cult films of French cinema. It is impossible not to smile in front of the Splendid team’s escapades during summer holidays at the Club and winter holidays in the mountains.
Published in 2006, Les Bronzés: Friends for Life still directed by Patrice Leconte is the third part of the saga. The film marks the long-awaited return of the emblematic characters played by the Splendid crew, composed of Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Marie-Anne Chazel.
In this new work we find the old friends reunited twenty-seven years after their initial adventures. The film is set in a luxurious resort in Sardiniarun by Popeye and his wife, where the characters meet for a vacation that doesn’t quite go as planned.
The biggest revelation of the film is undoubtedly the brand new couple formed by Gigi (Marie-Anne Chazel) and Jean-Claude Dusse (Michel Blanc), who made their fortune in the United States after years of hardship in France.
A huge success at the French box office
Although the box office earnings of the first two films were not extraordinary (2 million for the first, one and a half million for the second), the popularity of “Bronzés” progressively grew. The multiple rebroadcasts on television allowed the films to gain notoriety, becoming essential classics of French comedy.
The public became fond of the characters and comic situations, and the cult genres entered everyday language. This phenomenon largely explains the monumental success of the third film upon its release, which became the biggest hit of the saga in France.
Thereby, Les Bronzés: Friends for Life added up more than ten million spectators at the French box officebecoming the biggest hit of the year 2006, before Ratatouille. Before being dethroned two years later by Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, it held the record for the biggest debut of all time in France, with almost 4 million viewers.
Source: Cine Serie
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