Les oiseaux rares
Les oiseaux rares is a French TV series in 60 episodes, made in 1967 and released in 1969, starring Claude Jade and Dominique Labourier in their debuts.
In a large villa, the middle-class couple Henri and Florence Massonneau lives with his five daughters. While the eldest, Catherine awaits her wedding with her fiancé Bernard, the second daughter, Martine, is in love with Paul Legrand, the Spanish teacher of the youngest daughter, Valérie. Most cause for concern, however, the 16-year-old Sylvie, who teases her sisters and also insists on getting a horse. The horse Turlutu belongs to the friend of her elder sister Juliette. But as their relationship has ended, the horse is far away. Sylvie gets a new horse, but the villa is not a horsehome and Sylvie is kidnapping the beloved horse Monsieur. As this at night wreaks devastation in the living room, he should disappear, but Sylvie arrange a lottery win and she buys the horse back. Sylvie soon finds new challenges, to drive her father to despair. Your faithful accomplice is the Spanish maid Carmen. With the English exchange students Dorothy and Emily Graham disappears from London to Paris to ensure there vertebra. Soon Catherine is back after breaking up with Bernard to Massonneaus, Juliette crush on the pretty Charles and finally learns Maman Massonneau is pregnant again. While in the Villa rages the joy of life, calls a police commissioner to the final. In the last of the 60 episodes of the police storm the house to arrest all those present without exception. Whether this is achieved at the lively bunch of seven family members and a dozen friends, leaves the end.
Production
The series was created and shoot in 1967 in the studios in Epinay and Vésinet and Paris.Because the theater commitments of leading actresses Claude Jade and Dominique Labourier the series was filmed in two seasons and broadcast two years later than an entire season.
Cast
- Nicole Chaput : Catherine Massonneau
- Claude Jade : Sylvie Massonneau
- Dominique Labourier : Martine Massonneau
- Anna Gaylor : Florence Massonneau
- Guy Saint-Jean : Henri Massonneau
- Bernadette Robert : Valérie Massonneau
- Françoise Godde : Juliette Massonneau
- Patrick Lancelot : Bernard
- Nadine Servan : Carmen
- Jean-Pierre Ducos : Paul Legrand
- Richard Leduc : Charles
- Bernard Menez : The Friend of Martine