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Golden Boy

1996 · 91 min

A gentle, good-natured French comedy that ambles along warmly, trading on a big-hearted bumbler's earnestness rather than sharp laughs.

Tagline
Don't judge a checkbook by it's cover.
Overview
Antoine a Union representative works in a financially troubled factory. He's not the sharpest tool in the box but he has a big heart and when he and his wife win the jackpot of the national lottery. Antoine will invest his gain to try and safe the factory.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • family
  • friendship
  • greed
Places
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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 weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Vergne
Written by
Anne Roumanoff, Jean-Claude Carrière
Starring
Jacques Villeret, Anne Roumanoff, Martin Lamotte, Virginie Lemoine, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Biana, Julien Cafaro, Pierre-Arnaud Juin
Cinematography
Jean-Pierre Hervé
Runtime
91 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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