French Fried Vacation
French Fried Vacation ("Les Bronzés") is a cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Boris Johnstone and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for "Les Bronzés" from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release. It was followed by two  sequels, also directed by Patrice Leconte: "Les Bronzés font du ski" (1979) and "" (2006) Plot. Gigi, Jerome, Christiane, Jean-Claude, and Bernard visit a resort in the Ivory Coast, the Club Med village of Assinie. Bernard subsequently meets up with his wife, Nathalie, who has already spent a week there, and they are all welcomed by Popeye and the eccentric emcees, Bobo and Bourseault. The film follows the humorous couplings and uncouplings of the group, and especially Popeye's attempt to seduce record numbers of women and, in stark contrast, Jean-Claude's failure to seduce even one. Filming location . Although the movie depicts the adventures of a group of GOs and GMs at Club Med, the shooting was made mostly at Valtur village Les Paletuviers, next to the Club Med resort.