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Some Like It... Cold

1960 · 90 min

A light, farcical French comedy where greedy relatives compete to appear terminally ill, delivering silly schemes and broad laughs.

Directed by
Jean Bastia
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Louis de Funès, Francis Blanche, Pierre Dudan
Overview
The old Valmorin died 200 years ago. The notary tells the family about the inheritance: the one who is terminally ill will receive the money. They all try their luck with getting ill before the other so one family member pretends to be deaf, another pretends to have a terrible back ache and so on...

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Directed by
Jean Bastia
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Louis de Funès, Francis Blanche, Pierre Dudan
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • greed
  • family
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
French

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