Sitcom (1997)
Country: FR
Technical: col 80m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Evelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van
Synopsis:
When the father of a bourgeois family brings a white laboratory rat home it has drastic consequences for himself and his family.
Review:
An 'épater les bourgeois'-style comedy of the kind familarized by the films of Buñuel and Chatiliez, among others, this one breaks new ground in the taboos it is prepared to challenge, including incest and an erect penis. The latter actually got past the British censors, which must be a first of some kind. Dramatically it is not quite sure what it is saying, seeming to come down on the side of indicting patriarchal society even though the figure presented here is quite tolerant and actually sets in motion the chain of events leading to familial 'entente'. All the same it is funny, and surprising, along the way.
Country: FR
Technical: col 80m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Evelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van
Synopsis:
When the father of a bourgeois family brings a white laboratory rat home it has drastic consequences for himself and his family.
Review:
An 'épater les bourgeois'-style comedy of the kind familarized by the films of Buñuel and Chatiliez, among others, this one breaks new ground in the taboos it is prepared to challenge, including incest and an erect penis. The latter actually got past the British censors, which must be a first of some kind. Dramatically it is not quite sure what it is saying, seeming to come down on the side of indicting patriarchal society even though the figure presented here is quite tolerant and actually sets in motion the chain of events leading to familial 'entente'. All the same it is funny, and surprising, along the way.
Country: FR
Technical: col 80m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Evelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van
Synopsis:
When the father of a bourgeois family brings a white laboratory rat home it has drastic consequences for himself and his family.
Review:
An 'épater les bourgeois'-style comedy of the kind familarized by the films of Buñuel and Chatiliez, among others, this one breaks new ground in the taboos it is prepared to challenge, including incest and an erect penis. The latter actually got past the British censors, which must be a first of some kind. Dramatically it is not quite sure what it is saying, seeming to come down on the side of indicting patriarchal society even though the figure presented here is quite tolerant and actually sets in motion the chain of events leading to familial 'entente'. All the same it is funny, and surprising, along the way.