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Rat Race

1980 · 99 min

A wry, restless French comedy of a man chasing fantasies and stumbling through affairs, watching him flail is amusing but faintly sad.

Directed by
François Leterrier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Anémone
Overview
Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting with a former comrade, who had become an actor, brought him into contact with the world of cinema. He meets, Natacha, a cover girl, for whom he is ready to give up, wife and children. Then he becomes the lover of Lilianne, a marginal who persecutes and pursues him. He quit his job to devote himself to writing a novel. But nothing goes as he wants.

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Directed by
François Leterrier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Anémone
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • family
  • betrayal
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
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
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
François Leterrier, Gérard Lauzier
Starring
Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Anémone, Eddy Mitchell, Catherine Serre, Maureen Kerwin, Marc Porel, Jean-Paul Zehnacker
Runtime
99 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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