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The Bottom Line

1976 · 100 min

A breezy French farce of escalating misunderstandings, played with light charm and a wink at artistic compromise.

Overview
An advertising photographer, François, has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine, François' fiance, doesn't want him to do so, especially when the naive friend has succeeded in recruiting the young daughter of his employer to play in what he thinks is a romantic love movie.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • 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
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Francis Veber
Starring
Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Renée Saint-Cyr, Gérard Jugnot, Sabine Azéma, Henri Guybet, Gérard Chambre
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cinematography
Maurice Fellous
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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