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Femmes Fatales

1976 · 81 min

A wildly absurd satire that veers from deadpan to surreal, keeping you amused and slightly unsettled by its explicit battle-of-the-sexes provocation.

Overview
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • freedom
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism3
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Bertrand Blier
Written by
Philippe Dumarçay, Bertrand Blier
Starring
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Brigitte Fossey, Bernard Blier, Claude Piéplu, Gérard Jugnot, Sylvie Joly, Dominique Lavanant
Music
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Claude Renoir
Runtime
81 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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