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Fou comme François

1979 · 95 min

A wry, low-key French drama that finds quiet liberation in losing a job, with a gentle comic edge and a thoughtful look at identity.

Overview
Marseille. The director of a company offers a promotion to Francois (Michel Creton) if he accepts to help him fire all the staff from his office. If he refuses, he will himself be fired. Francois opts for the latter. He registers as unemployed and discovers what he has lacked so far in his life: a certain freedom. His habits are changing as well as his attitude towards the others changes ... Luce (Claude Jade), his wife, and Marquerite (Courtois Queen), her stepmother, are surprised: why he is not himself anymore?
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • freedom
  • family
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Gérard Chouchan
Written by
Gérard Chouchan, Serge Ganzl
Starring
Claude Jade, Michel Creton, Reine Courtois, Fabienne Arel, Jean-Pierre Lituac
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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