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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Préparez vos mouchoirs
Dir. Bertrand Blier, 1977, France. 108 min. Color DCP
With Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere
In French with English subtitles
Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure star in this sweet and funny exploration of love and its shifting configurations. Doting spouse Raoul attempts to alleviate the depression of his wife Solange, and on a whim decides to open their marriage up to accommodate school teacher Stéphane. The bookish Stéphane fails to cheer Solange—who instead turns her attention to a brainy 13-year-old, Christian.
Bertrand Blier’s audacious sex comedy won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
“The purest expression of Blier’s comic métier, treating naughty ideas with the straightest of faces.” — Robert Abele, LA Times
“Exuberant and highly inventive.” — Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Very funny, very wise & happily subversive.” — Newsweek
- Year1977
- Runtime108 minutes
- LanguageFrench with English subtitles
- CountryFrance
- DirectorBertrand Blier
- CastGérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere
Online: Tuesday, October 12–Monday, October 18, 2021
FIAF Members: Free*
Non-Members: $14
Sign up for a FIAF Membership for free access to the film!
This film will also be screened in person at FIAF on Tuesday, October 12. See details here.
*A discount code is sent out via email to all current members. If you have not received the code, email membership@fiaf.org. Allow one business day for a reply.
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Préparez vos mouchoirs
Dir. Bertrand Blier, 1977, France. 108 min. Color DCP
With Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere
In French with English subtitles
Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure star in this sweet and funny exploration of love and its shifting configurations. Doting spouse Raoul attempts to alleviate the depression of his wife Solange, and on a whim decides to open their marriage up to accommodate school teacher Stéphane. The bookish Stéphane fails to cheer Solange—who instead turns her attention to a brainy 13-year-old, Christian.
Bertrand Blier’s audacious sex comedy won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
“The purest expression of Blier’s comic métier, treating naughty ideas with the straightest of faces.” — Robert Abele, LA Times
“Exuberant and highly inventive.” — Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Very funny, very wise & happily subversive.” — Newsweek
- Year1977
- Runtime108 minutes
- LanguageFrench with English subtitles
- CountryFrance
- DirectorBertrand Blier
- CastGérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere