Les Babas Cool is a French comedy film directed by François Leterrier. It was released in 1981. The film is also known under the alternate title Quand tu seras débloqué… fais-moi signe ! ()
Plot Antoine Bonfils is a household appliance salesman. His car breaks down close to a farm. Looking for help, he figures out that the people there are living in a commune, like hippies.
Cast Christian Clavier : Antoine Bonfils Philippe Léotard : Blaise Marie-Anne Chazel : Aline Martin Lamotte : Gilles Charlotte de Turckheim : Christine Paul Préboist : M. Triconet Catherine Frot : Véronique Nadia Barentin : Tania Sophie Renoir : Charlotte Richard Bohringer : Paul Anémone : Alexandra Bruno Moynot : Doctor Jean Morin
About the film The term "baba-cool", also spelled "baba cool" or "babacool' (from the Hindi baba 'daddy" and the English cool "calm"), is French for "hippie".
The film was shot between 18 June and 3 August 1981, mainly in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region: Forcalquier, Gréoux-les-Bains, Manosque, Reillanne and Simiane-la-Rotonde.
The film was not a box-office success, ending the year with just under 500,000 admissions3, half as many as François Leterrier's previous film starring Clavier, Je vais craquer, which ended the year with a million admissions..
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