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Trois enfants... dans le désordre
1966 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: Léo Joannon
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Script: Jacques Emmanuel, Léo Joannon
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Photo: Henri Persin
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Music: Gaby Verlor
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Cast: Bourvil (Eugène Laporte),
Jean Lefebvre (Fernand),
Rosy Varte (Mme Duchemin),
Anne-Marie Carrière (Marguerite),
Uta Taeger (Zoé),
Gérard Lartigau (Roger),
Jean-François Maurin (Georges),
Robert Dalban (Le juge Gaubert),
Christine Aurel (Bébé),
Fernand Berset (Le contremaître),
Jean-Henri Chambois (Le juge d'instruction),
Henri Coutet (Le garçon de bureau),
Pierre Doris (L'impresario de zoé),
Max Elloy (L'appariteur),
Hubert de Lapparent (Simonet),
Robert Lombard (Chevassot),
Alix Mahieux (Mlle Chauchoin),
Jacques Mancier (Vertex)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 100 min
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Aka: Three Disordered Children
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Summary
Eugène Laporte is a successful businessman. His plans to get married and
start a family are frustrated by the machinations of an unscrupulous rival. Imprisoned
for a crime he did not commit, Eugène realises that the only way to prevent the
State from seizing his entire personal fortune is to invent a family for himself.
His loyal employee Fernand sets out to find three fatherless children who will serve Eugène’s
plan. Then Eugène is released from prison, but only after he has claimed
parental responsibility for the three children. To avoid a further prison sentence
he has no choice but to adopt the three children when they find their way to his home.
First there is Georges, an unruly young boy who has a habit of running away. Then
there is Zoé, an aspiring young singer who needs a father so that she can obtain
a visa to go to Russia. And then there is Roger, who is mixed up with petty criminals.
When two of his adopted children’s mothers decide to move into his house, Eugène
realises that he has his hands well and truly full. And his wife-to-be is none too
pleased...
Review
Popular comic actor Bourvil is on fine form in this light-hearted comic farce, where he
stars alongside the lovable Jean Lefebvre (best known for his appearances in the Louis
de Funès Gendarmes films). Although the plot is very silly and some of the
characters even sillier, this is an entertaining little film which manages to keep the
jokes coming, through a series of increasingly improbable plot twists. The uneasy
relationship between the different generations that is portrayed in this film is just
as mid-1960s as its groovy music and costumes. With a fairly bland supporting cast,
the film relies heavily on the talents of its lead actor, but this provides a welcome
opportunity for us to enjoy Bourvil’s larger-than-life personality and succumb to
his unerring ability for making us laugh.
© James Travers 2004
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