This movie like others French ones of that period shows the changing economic times of the 30 years boom called 'Les Trente Glorieuses'. Émile goes to buy an automatic clothes washer for his wife. As a mechanic, he takes care of more cars and with those many cars around, people tend to go farther from Paris for relaxation . Lagny where he goes fishing is about 15 miles east from Paris while Nogent, famous before the war a Sunday destination as show in Carné's 'Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche', was easily reached by train and was about 8 miles. away to the east also.
First pairing of Bourvil and Louis de Funès.