Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958)
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Louis de Funès, Raymond Bussières, Paulette Dubost, Jacques Dufilho, Véra Valmont
A Parisian taxi driver’s family holiday in Spain takes an unexpected turn when a jewel ends up in his pocket.
The story
Parisian taxi driver Maurice Berger heads to Francoist Spain on vacation with his wife, Germaine, and their son, Jacques. He agrees to tow a caravan built by his brother-in-law Léon, who joins the trip with his wife Mathilde and daughter Nicole. The group crosses the Spanish border in high spirits. Their holiday plans are disrupted after Myriam, an accomplice of a gang of jewel thieves, uses a clever trick to get through customs, leaving Maurice with a diamond in his pocket. The gang sets out to retrieve the stone.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Maurice Berger (Louis de Funès), a Parisian taxi driver, is heading to Francoist Spain for a vacation with his wife Germaine (Paulette Dubost) and son Jacques (Guy Bertil). He agrees to hitch to his car the caravan built by his brother-in-law Léon (Raymond Bussières), who is accompanied by his wife Mathilde (Annette Poivre) and their daughter Nicole (Sophie Sel). In high spirits, the vacationers cross the Spanish border. But thanks to a clever trick by Myriam (Véra Valmont), an accomplice of a gang of jewel thieves, to get through customs, Maurice ends up with a diamond in his pocket. The gang then does everything it can to get the stone back.
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