Crazy for Love (French: Le Trou normand) is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil, Jane Marken and, in one of her first appearances, Brigitte Bardot. Location shooting took place around Conches-en-Ouche in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. The film's French title is a reference to an aperitif of calvados drunk between meals, which also features as the name of the film's disputed tavern.
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Synopsis
The naive, simpleton countrymen Hippolyte inherits his uncle's inn in Normandy on the condition that he gain his primary school certificate. However his aunt Augustine, who stands to inherit if he does not, sets out to thwart his attempts to do so.
Cast
Bourvil as Hippolyte Lemoine
Jane Marken as Augustine Lemoine
Brigitte Bardot as Javotte Lemoine
Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Maria Courtaine
Roger Pierre as Jean Marco
Pierre Larquey as Testu
Nadine Basile as Madeleine Pichet
Noël Roquevert as Dr. Aubert
Jacques Deray as Duval
Georges Baconnet as Pichet
Albert Duvaleix as Le notaire
Marcel Charvey as L'automobiliste snob
Florence Michael as Louisette
Janine Clairville as La serveuse de la charcuterie
René Worms as Le préfet
Léon Berton as Le clerc
André Dalibert as Firmin, un paysan
Marcel Meral as Un paysan
Jean-Pierre Lorrain as Un paysan