How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

Original title: Un grand seigneur: Les bons vivants

1965
1h 40m

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A film consisting of three short stories: "The Closure", "The Trial", "Men of Good Taste". The events of all three parts develop around an ordinary street lamp.A film consisting of three short stories: "The Closure", "The Trial", "Men of Good Taste". The events of all three parts develop around an ordinary street lamp.A film consisting of three short stories: "The Closure", "The Trial", "Men of Good Taste". The events of all three parts develop around an ordinary street lamp.

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Louis de Funès

Léon Haudepin (segment "Les bons vivants")

Bernard Blier

Charles Labergerie (segments "La fermeture" and "Le procès"

Mireille Darc

Marie Cruchet dite "Eloise" (segment "Les bons vivants")

Andréa Parisy

Lucette, Baronne Seychelles du Hautpas (segment "Procès, Le")

Jean Lefebvre

Léonard Maburon (segment "Procès, Le")

Bernadette Lafont

Sophie (segment "Bons vivants, Les")

Frank Villard

Marcel Froment (segments "Fermeture, La" and "Procès, Le")
(as Frank Villar)

Pierre Bertin

Le président du tribunal (segment "Procès, Le")

Darry Cowl

L'avocat de la défense (Léonard) (segment "Le procès")

Jean Carmet

Paulo (Le voleur de la lanterne) (segment "Procès, Le")

Gianna Serra

Une fille (segment "Les bons vivants")

Henri Virlojeux

Le médecin (segment "Fermeture, La")
(as Virlojeux)

Dominique Davray

Mme Blanche (segment "Fermeture, La")

Albert Rémy

Inspecteur Graunu (segment "Les bons vivants")

Hubert Deschamps

Le juge Hardouin (segment "Les bons vivants")

Jacques Marin

Le brocanteur déménageur (segment "Fermeture, La")

Bernard Dhéran

L'avocat de la partie civile (Lucette) (segment 'Procès, Le")

Jean Richard

Paul Arnaud (segment "Les bons vivants")

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There are two different cuts of this movie, with alternate soundtrack and credits, and a different narrator for the voice over. One version was released on VHS in France in 1991 and runs 102'. The second version runs 100' and was released on DVD in 2003 and is narrated by Philippe Castelli, who also plays the character named Boudu in the third sketch of the movie.

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7/10

Comedy in the pure tradition of the 60s

"Les bons vivants" is not known as much as "La grande vadrouille" or "Les tontons flingueurs" but it has the same ingredients with great actors like De Funes, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Francis Blanche with a story that has this very French rascal twitch.