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On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez

1987 film by Max Pécas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ3352301 ↗
Source-derived summary

On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez ("Let's calm down and drink fresh in Saint-Tropez") (1987) is the last movie made by French film-maker Max Pécas. It is also the last one of his "Saint-Tropez" trilogy.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez” as 1987 film by Max Pécas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around calme, boit and frais.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with calme, boit and frais providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez”, the useful work is to connect “1987 film by Max Pécas” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3352301. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.