Romance · Comedy · Drama
French (Préparez vos mouchoirs)
1978 · Directed by Bertrand Blier · 108 min
A husband who loves his wife cannot bear that she is unhappy. When ordinary kindness fails to lift her from a deep listlessness, he begins to look for stranger remedies. A deadpan, provocative French comedy about desire, ownership and what men think women need.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key film of Bertrand Blier's provocative, post-1968 French comedy, and a notable example of European art-house satire reaching a mainstream international audience through Hollywood's foreign-language Oscar.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a stylised fable in which everyone behaves oddly on purpose, and ask what the film is mocking.
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