The Closet (2001)
(Le Placard)
Country: FR
Technical: col/Technovision 85m
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Jean Rochefort, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
François Pignon, the put-upon character of many a Veber piece, is here the victim of down-sizing at his prophylactic manufacturers' accountancy department. On the advice of his neighbour, an elderly queen, he affects to be homosexual so that his employers will be so terrified of unfavourable headlines or litigation that they keep him on.
Review:
One senses rushed out in response to the success of Le Dîner de Cons, this solid comic warhorse succeeds thanks to an excellent cast servicing a so-so script. The central concept is played out, far from by having Auteuil camp it up, which he does only lightly, but by having the very butch and truculent Depardieu discover his feminine side and fall for him! Now that takes some swallowing, which is why the makers swiftly move to sexual harassment as the next subject for satire. It's all very lame and fluffy, with none of the viciousness and poignancy of Dîner.
(Le Placard)
Country: FR
Technical: col/Technovision 85m
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Jean Rochefort, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
François Pignon, the put-upon character of many a Veber piece, is here the victim of down-sizing at his prophylactic manufacturers' accountancy department. On the advice of his neighbour, an elderly queen, he affects to be homosexual so that his employers will be so terrified of unfavourable headlines or litigation that they keep him on.
Review:
One senses rushed out in response to the success of Le Dîner de Cons, this solid comic warhorse succeeds thanks to an excellent cast servicing a so-so script. The central concept is played out, far from by having Auteuil camp it up, which he does only lightly, but by having the very butch and truculent Depardieu discover his feminine side and fall for him! Now that takes some swallowing, which is why the makers swiftly move to sexual harassment as the next subject for satire. It's all very lame and fluffy, with none of the viciousness and poignancy of Dîner.
(Le Placard)
Country: FR
Technical: col/Technovision 85m
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Jean Rochefort, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
François Pignon, the put-upon character of many a Veber piece, is here the victim of down-sizing at his prophylactic manufacturers' accountancy department. On the advice of his neighbour, an elderly queen, he affects to be homosexual so that his employers will be so terrified of unfavourable headlines or litigation that they keep him on.
Review:
One senses rushed out in response to the success of Le Dîner de Cons, this solid comic warhorse succeeds thanks to an excellent cast servicing a so-so script. The central concept is played out, far from by having Auteuil camp it up, which he does only lightly, but by having the very butch and truculent Depardieu discover his feminine side and fall for him! Now that takes some swallowing, which is why the makers swiftly move to sexual harassment as the next subject for satire. It's all very lame and fluffy, with none of the viciousness and poignancy of Dîner.