Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Writer:

Bertrand Blier (writer)

Release Date:

17 December 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits....

Plot Keywords:

Mozart | Pregnant | Human Relationship | Topless | Teenage Boy

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Raoul
Carole Laure	...	Solange
Patrick Dewaere	...	Stéphane
Michel Serrault	...	Le voisin / Neighbor
Eléonore Hirt	...	Madame Beloeil
Jean Rougerie	...	Mr. Beloeil
Sylvie Joly	...	La passante / Passerbeil
Riton Liebman	...	Christian Beloeil (as Riton)
Liliane Rovère	...	Bartender
Michel Beaune	...	Le médecin dans la rue
Roger Riffard	...	Le médecin du port
André Thorent	...	Le professeur
André Lacombe	...	Le délégué syndical
David Gabison	...	Le quidam (as Alain David Gabison)
Gilberte Géniat	...	L'ouvreuse du théâtre

Also Known As:

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (USA)
Get Your Handkerchiefs Ready

Runtime:

Argentina:106 min | USA:108 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | UK:18 (video rating: 1994) (cut) | UK:X | Chile:18 | France:-12 | USA:R

Company:

Belga Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

A refreshing and surprisingly intelligent look at the perils of relationships

"Get Our Your Handkerchiefs" is a funny little film about the need for sexual gratification and all the insecurities and absurdities it entails. The humor is unapologetically raunchy, and yet the story retains all the sophistication of something by Lubitsch. But it's also quite touching; the dismal woman, it turns out, only wanted someone she could identify with, someone who felt the same need for intellectual companionship that was masked by her sexual dissatisfaction. The solution is provided by a 13-year-old wunderkind who, unlike the husband or his friend, knows how to relate to the woman, and their relationship is far more real and convincing that any other in the story. Bertrand Blier constructed a film that questions and ultimately debunks nearly every `rule' on relationships, and provides more than a few belly laughs along the way. In a nutshell, "Get Our Your Handkerchiefs" is one of the few sex comedies out there that actually has something to say about sex.