Title: pretentious nonsense
Product review: Depardieu plays a car salesman who falls in love with his ordinary-looking temporary secretary, despite being married to a gorgeous wife. The premise was promising but the result disappointing.In general I'm a lover of French cinema but it does have a tendency to get preachy and pseudo-intellectual -- and that's what happens in this movie. We get lines of dialogue like this:Mistress: I've vomited on your rug.Wife: Take the rug. Leave my husband.Sometimes the characters step out of character and deliver lines as if they were spectators or critics. Sometimes, they come together for absurd dinner parties and in one scene for a wedding at which they deliver ridiculous speeches in the manner of "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie." But in general, this is a sloppy, pretentious movie of little charm or worth.
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