L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
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Plot
Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.
Cast
Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
Yves Deniaud: Antonio
Geneviève Page: Donata
Georgette Anys: Julie
Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
Paul Frankeur: the priest
Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
Henri Arius: the commissioner
Lucien Callamand: the notary
Emma Lyonel: the directrices
Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
Michel Gerbier: the little boy
Claude Ermelli
Colette Ravel
Jacques Robin