Oscar

About Oscar

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes.

Oscar is a 1967 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro. Its themes are blackmail, marriage proposal, fraud, and misunderstanding.

Louis de Funès appears as Bertrand Barnier, Claude Rich as Christian Martin, prétendant de la fille Barnier, Agathe Natanson as Colette Barnier, fille de Bertrand et Germaine, and Claude Gensac as Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand. It runs 85 minutes and was released in October 1967.

The screenplay is by Claude Magnier. The film began as a stage production.

The Irishman, Moonstruck, and War Room make useful companions to Oscar, all filed under 1960s, family relationships, and father daughter relationship. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 550 votes.