Crazy for Love

{{short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Crazy for Love | image = MovieCovers-1859-45123-LE_TROU_NORMAND.jpg | caption = | director = [[Jean Boyer (director)|Jean Boyer]] | producer = [[Jacques Bar]] | writer = Jean Boyer <br> [[Arlette de Pitray]] | starring = [[Bourvil]] <br> [[Jane Marken]] <br> [[Brigitte Bardot]] | music = [[Paul Misraki]] | cinematography = [[Charles Suin]] | editing = [[Fanchette Mazin]] | studio = Cité Films | distributor = Victory Films | released = {{Film date|1952|11|07|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = France |gross = 3,915,583 admissions (France)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805164321/http://www.boxofficestory.com/le-trou-normand-bourvil-box-office-1952-a91179185 ''Le Trou Normand''] box office information, at Box Office Story</ref> | language = [[French language|French]] }} '''''Crazy for Love''''' (French: '''''Le Trou normand''''') is a 1952 French [[comedy film]] directed by [[Jean Boyer (director)|Jean Boyer]] and starring [[Bourvil]], [[Jane Marken]] and, in one of her first appearances, [[Brigitte Bardot]].<ref>Lanzoni p.157</ref><ref name="bar">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/brigitte-bardot-ten-films-worth-watching/|date=29 December 2025|access-date=29 December 2025|title=Brigitte Bardot: Ten Films Worth Watching}}</ref> [[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]].

==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 (actor)|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

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier . ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present''. A&C Black, 2004.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0045265}}

[[Category:1952 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Jean Boyer]] [[Category:French comedy films]] [[Category:1952 comedy films]] [[Category:French black-and-white films]] [[Category:1952 French films]] [[Category:Films set in Normandy]] [[Category:Films shot in Eure]] [[Category:1952 French-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Paul Misraki]]