Les Babas Cool is a French comedy film directed by François Leterrier. It was released in 1981. The film is also known under the alternate title Quand tu seras débloqué⦠fais-moi signe ! ()
Antoine Bonfils is a household appliance salesman. His car breaks down close to a farm. Looking for help, he figures out that the people there are living in a commune, like hippies.
The term âÂÂbaba-coolâÂÂ, also spelled âÂÂbaba coolâ or âÂÂbabacoolâ (from the Hindi baba âÂÂdaddyâ and the English cool âÂÂcalmâÂÂ), is French for âÂÂhippieâÂÂ.
The film was shot between June 18 and August 3, 1981, mainly in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region: Forcalquier, Gréoux-les-Bains, Manosque, Reillanne and Simiane-la-Rotonde.
The film was not a box-office success, ending the year with just under 500,000 admissions3, half as many as François Leterrier's previous film starring Clavier, Je vais craquer, which ended the year with a million admissions.