French Leave / Touch and Go
Synopsis
Before the Allied invasion of North Africa in World War II, there was still plenty of confusion, and wartime national alliances often conflicted with personal friendships. Valentin (Michel Piccoli), a French black marketer, rescues Basil (Michael York), an English fighter pilot, off the coast of Italian-occupied Libya. The pilot is discovered by the police when Valentin leaves him with friends in order to visit with his Italian girlfriend. As a result, both Valentin and Basil are held in custody. They escape together and flee to the (neutral) Swiss Embassy, where they get help in the form of a car driven by the ambassador's wife. This wartime comedy recounts their adventures on the journey out of Libya.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (15)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Ariane
- Co-production : Columbia France
- Foreign production company : Vides Cinematografica
- French distribution : Columbia France
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Philippe De Broca, Jean-Loup Dabadie
- Director of Photography : René Mathelin
- Music Composer : Michel Legrand
- Editor : Henri Lanoë
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Louis Ducarme
- Foreign Producer : Franco Cristaldi
- Author of original work : Robert Beylen
- Producers : Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Continuity supervisor : Suzanne Durrenberger
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : War, Exile, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
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