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Bookmark this pageGrosse Fatigue (1994)
Director: Michel Blanc
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From Time Out Film Guide
Actor Blanc's ambitious blend of doppelgänger fable and movie-movie comedy isn't, unfortunately, as funny as it'd like to be. It begins intriguingly, with Blanc up to mysteriously awful antics in Cannes and, later, Paris; then, as the puzzle moves towards its ingenious if excessively belated solution, matters get bogged down in in-jokes and bad timing. Noiret, especially, contributes an engaging cameo, but the film as a whole is much too clever for its own good. And really, Michel, gags about rape are a bit off.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Michel Blanc
Producer: David Toscan du Plantier
Cast: Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Gilles Jacob, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathilda May, Josiane Balasko, Roman Polanski, Thierry Lhermitte full cast
Duration: 92 mins
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