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The Wing or the Thigh?

1976 · 104 min

A lively, farcical comedy with a warm heart, poking fun at food snobbery and fast food through slapstick and witty dialogue.

Overview: Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
class
trauma
healing
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Written by: Claude Zidi, Michel Fabre
Starring: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar, Raymond Bussières, Philippe Bouvard, Daniel Langlet, Claude Gensac
Music: Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography: Wladimir Ivanov, Claude Renoir
Runtime: 104 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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