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The Wild Oat

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The Wild Oat

6.7

1h 43m

1953

Synopsis

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

Director

Henri Verneuil

Comedy

francevillagebicyclebakeryromancebakerbreadbread makingsouth of france

Cast & Crew

Fernandel

Fernandel

as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker

Georges Chamarat

Georges Chamarat

as Mr. Aussel, postmaster

Henri Vilbert

Henri Vilbert

as Mayor of Valorgue

Edmond Ardisson

Edmond Ardisson

as Évariste, postman

Leda Gloria

Leda Gloria

as Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise

Pierrette Bruno

Pierrette Bruno

as Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti

Jean Gaven

Jean Gaven

as Abbot Daniel, village vicar

Madeleine Sylvain

Madeleine Sylvain

as Mrs. Clotilde Hébrard, wife of Félicien

Francis Linel

Francis Linel

as Justin Hébrard, son of Félicien

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