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I'm Losing My Temper

1974 · 92 min

A breezy, silly farce full of slapstick mishaps and mistaken identities that keeps you smiling without asking much of you.

Directed by: Claude Zidi
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Claude Piéplu

Tagline: Laughter, misunderstandings and passion explode in an effervescent vaudeville.
Overview: Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around.

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Directed by: Claude Zidi
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Claude Piéplu

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: media
deception
identity
family
politics
Places: small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Written by: Pierre Richard, Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi
Starring: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Claude Piéplu, Jean Martin, Danielle Minazzoli, Julien Guiomar, Vittorio Caprioli, Henri Guybet
Music: Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography: Henri Decaë
Runtime: 92 min
Country: France
Languages: French, English

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