Swimming Instructor (1979)
Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.
Director: Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Guy Marchand as Marcel |
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Jean-Claude Brialy as Logan |
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Stefania Sandrelli as Marie |
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Moustache as Zopoulos |
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Jean-Louis Trintignant as le jardinier |
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Benoît Ferreux as le garagiste |
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Christian Marquand as Paul |
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François Perrot as Maître Dalloz |
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Serge Marquand as Alfredo |
| Writing | Françoise Emion | Writer |
| Writing | Vahé Katcha | Novel |
| Writing | Jean-Claude Emion | Writer |
| Directing | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Director |
| Production | Serge Marquand | Producer |
| Writing | Robert Emion | Writer |
| Editing | Henri Lanoë | Editor |
| Production | Stéphane Tchalgadjieff | Producer |
| Production | Humbert Balsan | Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Jacques Flori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Carole Marquand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jacques Maumont | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Patrick Grandperret | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Adrien Nataf | Sound |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |