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Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses
1981 Comedy
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Director:
Jean-Marie Poiré
Starring: Josiane Balasko, Luis Rego, Dominique Lavanant, Daniel Auteuil, Ariane Lartéguy |
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Summary
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find
a flat mate to share her expensive apartment. Her plan is to find someone who is
even less physically attractive than she is, to give her a chance of finding another man.
The scheme backfires when the ugly woman who originally agrees to share her flat drops
out and suggests a replacement: an attractive model named Eva. The latter has no
difficulty attracting men, much to the chagrin of an increasingly distraught Lydia…
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Review
Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses
was the third film to be directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, and is arguably the first
which is instantly recognisable as a film from this director. The madcap comic situations,
great visual jokes, eccentric characterisation, and of course the enjoyably O.T.T.
performances, are all essential ingredients of that distinctively Poiré-esque brand
of comedy. Admittedly, this film is less rip-roaringly funny, and far less slick
than the director’s subsequent hits –
Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982), Les
Visiteurs (1993) – but a spirited performance from Josiane Balasko (who
co-authored the script) makes it a diverting and enjoyable piece of no-nonsense comedy.
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