Relax Darling
1964 film by Jean Boyer
Relax Darling (French: Relaxe-toi chérie) is a 1964 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Fernandel, Sandra Milo and Jean-Pierre Marielle. Based on the play Le Complexe de Philémon by Jean Bernard-Luc, it was the final film of the veteran director Jean Boyer.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.
Synopsis
A couple have been happily married for twelve years, until the wife discovers psychoanalysis. She becomes convinced that her husband's normal exterior conceals endless secrets and enlists her friends to try and find out the truth.
Cast
Fernandel as François Faustin
Sandra Milo as Helene Faustin
Jean-Pierre Marielle as David Kouglov
Jean Lefebvre as Blaise
Maurice Chevit as Hubert
Hélène Dieudonné as Antonia
Jacqueline Jefford as Mademoiselle Pelusso
Hella Petri as Olga
Catherine Clarence as La dactylo brune
Liliane Gaudet as Christiane
Nicole Gueden as La dactylo blonde
Kajio Pawlowski as Van Druck, l'industriel hollandais
Jean-Paul Zola as Le président de la société industrielle
Pascale Roberts as Cécile
Yvonne Clech as Lucienne
References
Bibliography
Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars. Batsford, 1996.
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