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Recto / Verso
1999 Comedy
Review
Like the majority of gay-themed films made in the 1990s, this wacky French comedy now
feels grotesquely caricatured and dated. It stars Smaïn, a little-known
actor who does little to engage the sympathy of his audience (his persona is that of a
yuppie from the 1980s) – and indeed there is hardly a likeable character in the entire
film, apart from Michel Muller’s downtrodden Fernandel-like Joël. However,
whilst the storyline is a mess, there are some decent jokes, even if the comic situations
are by and large repetitive and a tad facile, relying far too heavily on the familiar
gay stereotypes.
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Director:
Jean-Marc Longval
Starring: Smaïn, Michel Muller, Linda Hardy, Sophie Forte, Ronald Guttman Synopsis
Having lost his job as TV presenter, Fred begins to wonder if his career is over.
To save himself and his mother from bankruptcy, he is forced to accept a contract with
a gay shopping channel. The problem is that his new employer fancies him.
Fred’s only option is to persuade his cousin Joël to pretend to be his boyfriend
– which complicates even further the chaotic love lives of all concerned.
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