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Hibernatus
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Wikipedia article
'Hibernatus' is a 1969 French-Italian comedy directed by douard Molinaro and written by Jean Bernard-Luc. It stars Louis de Funs as an industrialist named Hubert Barrre de Tartas.
Plot
A man frozen for 65 years is found in the ice of the North Pole by a scientific polar expedition. While he is brought back to life by professor Edouard Lauriebat (Michael Lonsdale), the man is identified as Paul Fournier, who was exploring the pole in 1905 and is now, thanks to hibernation, a ninety-year-old young man. Edme de Tartas (Claude Gensac), born Fournier, is identified as the granddaughter of Paul and convinces her husband, Hubert Barrre de Tartas (Louis de Funs), that Paul must be given back to his family, while the government wishes to treat Paul as a research subject. After a kidnapping and a pursuit, the authorities reluctantly agree, but impose, for the sake of Paul's mental health, that his environment be the same as in 1905. As Paul thinks Edme is his mother, Hubert must play the role of a man courting Edme and Didier (Olivier de Funs), the son of Edme and Hubert plays the role of a student living with the family. First under control, the situation gradually deteriorates especially when Paul's actions become a threat to Hubert's plan to marry his son to the daughter of Crepin-Jaujard, one of his business partners.
Cast
* Louis de Funs as Hubert Barrre de Tartas, important industrial
* Claude Gensac as Edme de Tartas, wife of Hubert
* Bernard Alane as Paul Fournier ( Hibernatus ), grandfather of Edme
* Olivier de Funs as Didier de Tartas
* Michel Lonsdale as professor Edouard Lauriebat
* Pascal Mazzotti as professor Bibolini, psychiatre
* Martine Kelly as Sophie
* Paul Prboist as Charles
* Annick Alane as Mme Crpin-Jaujard
* Yves Vincent as M. Edouard Crpin-Jaujard
References
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