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Recto/Verso

1999 · 85 min

A frothy French farce that coasts on silly disguises and workplace chaos, easy to watch and rarely serious.

Directed by
Jean-Marc Longval
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Smaïn, Linda Hardy, Sophie Forte
Overview
Riddled with debts after having been unfairly fired from his job, a star TV presenter—and inveterate womanizer—passes as a homosexual in order to get a job on a gay TV channel. While some people use the casting couch to succeed, he is determined to succeed without the couch. That's why he decides to present his cousin, a rather naive karaoke fan, as his boyfriend.

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Directed by
Jean-Marc Longval
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Smaïn, Linda Hardy, Sophie Forte
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • identity
  • work
  • sexuality
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean-Marc Longval
Written by
Fabrice Blind, Jean-Marc Longval, Jean-Luc Lemoine, Michel Delgado
Starring
Smaïn, Linda Hardy, Sophie Forte, Michel Muller, Ronald Guttman, Bernadette Lafont, Bernard Verley, Éric Judor
Music
Denis Lefdup
Cinematography
Carlo Varini
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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