Les joyeux lurons - 1972

Three priests in cassocks visit a modest and naive country priest in a village in the South of France. They claim to be sent by the bishop for the purpose of recovering a precious reliquary currently in the hands of a vigorously anti-clerical squire. The non apostolic behavior of the three priests causes the disturbance in the village without altering the confidence of the priest. But the situation is complicated at the Sunday Mass: one is drunk on the sacristy, the other improvises a sermon not very Catholic and the third is a mess in the choir of singing. With the naive complicity of the priest, their scam is about to end ...

82min
1972
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating3.6/10

Cast

Alice Sapritch profile pictureAlice SapritchLéonie, la bonne du curé
Paul Préboist profile picturePaul PréboistLe curé Paccard
Michel Galabru profile pictureMichel GalabruLe chanoine Bossuet
Philippe Clay profile picturePhilippe ClayL'abbé Larivière
Jeannette Batti profile pictureJeannette BattiLa patronne de boîte
Jacques Balutin profile pictureJacques BalutinL'abbé Fénelon

About Les joyeux lurons

Les joyeux lurons Overview

Three priests in cassocks visit a modest and naive country priest in a village in the South of France. They claim to be sent by the bishop for the purpose of recovering a precious reliquary currently in the hands of a vigorously anti-clerical squire. The non apostolic behavior of the three priests causes the disturbance in the village without altering the confidence of the priest. But the situation is complicated at the Sunday Mass: one is drunk on the sacristy, the other improvises a sermon not very Catholic and the third is a mess in the choir of singing. With the naive complicity of the priest, their scam is about to end ...

Runtime: 82min

Extra details

Original Title: Les joyeux lurons
Original Language: French
Directed By: Michel Gérard
Production Companies
M.G. ProductionsLes Activités CinégraphiquesEuroprodis