Call Me Mathilde (1969)

Release Date: 1969-12-10
Runtime: 1h 40min
Production Company: Columbia Films
Production Country: France
Director: Pierre Mondy

Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidnappers begin by holding her hostage at the home of Petit Jean, a country bumpkin, before demanding a ransom from her husband. At the same time, Hubert de Pifre, a fighter pilot in distress, ejects over Petit Jean's farm.