Le Complexe du kangourou
1986 Comedy
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Summary
Loïc, a Parisian artist in his mid-thirties, prefers to burn his
paintings rather than sell them before he has perfected his
talent. He earns a crust selling roast chestnuts and shares an
apartment with a Polish woman he married to give her residency
rights in France. He dreams of starting a family with his girlfriend Odile,
but he knows that he is sterile and so this can never be. One
day, he runs into an old flame, Claire, who, by chance has an infant
son. Loïc does a quick calculation and realises
that Claire must have conceived whilst she was living with him.
In which case...Review
For those familiar with Pierre Jolivet’s dark and very stylish
thrillers, Le Complexe du kangourou
will come as something of a surprise - a gentle, downbeat comedy revolving
around
that old perennial favourite, the male menopause. Roland
Giraud gives a sympathetic and convincing portrayal of a middle-aged
man pining for fatherhood, reminiscent of the role he had just played
in Coline Serreau’s 3 hommes et un couffin
(1985). Jolivet avoids the obvious clichés and
banalities that usually infect this kind of film and gives us an
engaging little comedy that is fresh and original, albeit somewhat less
inspired and compelling than much of his later work.
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