Vacances Explosives is just a very fine entertainment, no revolutionary gags in it. The dialogues are written by Jacques Vilfrid, who will write some of the best Louis de Funès of the 60's, les "Gendarme", "Pouic-Pouic", "Faites Sauter La Banque!", "Les Grandes Vacances", "Hibernatus". And these dialogues are told by some of the most funny accents of the french cinema, especially Raymond Bussières, Robert Berri and of course Arletty. And a very young Philippe Bouvard, later on french radio and TV.
The shooting of "Vacances Explosives" must have been pure holidays for that explosive team. As it is a road movie, it was shot on the RN7 (enjoy the police action "day without accident"), which was the road to holidays in the south of France, imagine the happy bunch in the restaurant "Chez Sam" and in the hotel "Au Coq Hardi" in Jouars-Pontchartrain, in the "Villa Khariessa" in Martigues and other places in the south of France. What an atmosphere (catch the dialogue in the end paying tribute to that famous dialogue by Arletty in "Hôtel Du Nord").
Director Christian Stengel was a car lover, he even filmed the garages of his native town in his first two movies. He did a very funny "Casse-cou, Mademoiselle" with the Dyna Panhard (see my review). In "Vacances Explosives", we see a wonderful Buick (the gangster's car) pursuing the modest 2CH (a big luxurious car versus a 2CH, I've seen that in another movie ...). Christian Stengel always filmed what was in fashion : Charles Trenet in "Je Chante", radio in "La Famille Duraton", beauty contest in "La Plus Belle Fille Du Monde", advertising in "Mourrez, Nous Ferons Le Reste", ... We hope to see one day seven of his movies which are still invisible.
The shooting of "Vacances Explosives" must have been pure holidays for that explosive team. As it is a road movie, it was shot on the RN7 (enjoy the police action "day without accident"), which was the road to holidays in the south of France, imagine the happy bunch in the restaurant "Chez Sam" and in the hotel "Au Coq Hardi" in Jouars-Pontchartrain, in the "Villa Khariessa" in Martigues and other places in the south of France. What an atmosphere (catch the dialogue in the end paying tribute to that famous dialogue by Arletty in "Hôtel Du Nord").
Director Christian Stengel was a car lover, he even filmed the garages of his native town in his first two movies. He did a very funny "Casse-cou, Mademoiselle" with the Dyna Panhard (see my review). In "Vacances Explosives", we see a wonderful Buick (the gangster's car) pursuing the modest 2CH (a big luxurious car versus a 2CH, I've seen that in another movie ...). Christian Stengel always filmed what was in fashion : Charles Trenet in "Je Chante", radio in "La Famille Duraton", beauty contest in "La Plus Belle Fille Du Monde", advertising in "Mourrez, Nous Ferons Le Reste", ... We hope to see one day seven of his movies which are still invisible.