Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
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Jean-Pierre Marielle
Paul Dufour
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
The Dream Team
Jean Rochefort
Albert
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Count of Monte Cristo
Brigitte Fossey
Suzanne Dufour
Known for
The Party
Cinema Paradiso
Bernard Blier
Father Émile
Known for
Crooks in Clover
The Restaurant
Claude Piéplu
A Guerrilla
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Gérard Jugnot
A Follower
Known for
The Chorus
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Sylvie Joly
The Head Doctor
Known for
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
The Red Inn
Dominique Lavanant
The Myopic Woman
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
The Monster
Claudine Beccarie
The Gynecologist's Patient
Known for
Clockwork Bananas
Lips of Blood
Pierre Bertin
The Canon
Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Crooks in Clover
Dora Doll
Simone, Captain of the Soldiers
Known for
Torment
Main Street
Micheline Kahn
Geneviève
Also in
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Mimsy Were the Borogoves
Bertrand Blier Director · Philippe Dumarçay Screenplay Georges Delerue Composer
United States release September 23, 1977 · Produced in France · Production Les Films Christian Fechner, Renn Productions
Production
AMLF
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Les Films Christian Fechner
Production
Renn Productions
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France
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Original title
Calmos
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 11, 1976
Theatrical · Visa CNC 44440
United States · September 23, 1977
Theatrical
Netherlands
September 1, 1977 · Theatrical
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