The Cabbage Soup
Science fiction pushes the boundaries, explores the improbable, and envisions the future of humanity. It also exposes us to extravagant visual effects and the inventive power of cinema, reflecting our deepest fantasies. In cinema, science fiction is immersive, creating worlds suddenly within our reach. This summer, over one hundred films from the history of cinema will allow us to witness this!
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In a country village, two elderly men live cut off from the modern world and mean everything to each other. One day, while engaged in a farting contest, they unwittingly send signals to an extraterrestrial who lands in their home. Their daily lives are turned upside down by the visitor's comings and goings between his planet and theirs.
Jean Girault
Jean Girault is a French director and screenwriter. Primarily known for his comedic films, he directed numerous movies starring Louis de Funès, including Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez and its sequels. He is known for giving de Funès significant creative freedom, even sharing directorial duties with him on their later projects. Besides his collaborations with him, Girault found great success with Les Charlots, particularly with Les Charlots font l'Espagne (1971). He was also the last director to work with Jean Gabin in L'année sainte (1976). Additionally, he attempted to launch actor Louis Velle, casting him in leading roles in Le permis de conduire (1973), Les murs ont des oreilles (1974), and L'intrépide (1975). Girault passed away during the filming of his last project, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982), due to tuberculosis. At the time, French actor Michel Galabru remarked that "Jean Girault and Louis de Funès [were] benefactors of cinema."
