The Voyage to America | |
Director: | Henri Lavorel |
Producer: | Henri Lavorel |
Starring: | Pierre Fresnay Yvonne Printemps Jean Brochard |
Music: | Francis Poulenc |
Cinematography: | Henri Alekan |
Editing: | Andrée Feix |
Studio: | Le Monde en Images |
Distributor: | S.R.O |
Runtime: | 91 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
The Voyage to America (French: Le Voyage en Amérique) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United States in the post-Second World War era[1] It replaced the Laurel and Hardy film Atoll K at the Olympia cinema in Paris, and was much more successful.[2]
A couple living a peaceful life in rural France, learn that their daughter who married an American GI is due to give birth to a grandchild. They head to the United States to visit, to the delight of the wife.