Movie

Fifi Martingale

2001 · 120 min

An offbeat, talky plunge into backstage chaos and imagined conspiracies, more amusing in its eccentricity than in laugh-out-loud gags.

Overview: The stage director of the play L’œuf de Pâquesis given the importante Molière award. Taking this reward for a bad joke, he thinks that a conspiracy mounts against him and decides to rewrite the play, transforming it into Molière’s La critique de l’École des femmes.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, cynical and whimsical. Measured and demanding.
About: Art, obsession, parenthood, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
obsession
parenthood
identity
betrayal
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild