A Whale That Had a Toothache

A Whale That Had a Toothache (original title: Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents) is a French film released in 1974. Written and directed by Jacques Bral, it blends comedy and drama over a running time of roughly 98 minutes. The cast is headed by Bernadette Lafont and Michael Lonsdale, with supporting turns from Francis Blanche, Julien Guiomar, Jean-Claude Drouot, Eddie Constantine, Luc Moullet and Noël Simsolo, among others. One of Bral's earliest works as a director, the picture forms part of the French cinema output of the mid-1970s.