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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 829381616736
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112639630
- Studio: Distribution Select
- Release Date: December 23, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #212207 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #6741 in World Cinema (See Top 100 World Cinema Bestsellers)
- #1006 in French (See Top 100 French Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Preparez vos mouchoirs" starring GTrard Depardieu to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Preparez vos mouchoirs"Browse more products related to "GTrard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Bertrand Blier"Release NoteThoroughly safe and mild compared to Going Places--the anarchic, something-to-offend-everyone earlier collaboration of Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and French director Bertrand Blier--the 1977 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs is an outwardly civilized satire with a heart so dark it''s a wonder you can see the film''s images. Depardieu plays the bellicose but well-meaning husband of a beautiful and depressed woman (Carole Laure) who wants to be pregnant but isn''t. Hubby''s solution to her woes is to talk another man (Dewaere), a complete stranger, into becoming her lover. When that fails to lift her spirits and fill her womb, the two men--both of them now slavishly devoted to the cult of her misery--bring in a boy (Riton) with whom Laure''s character seems to be in perfect emotional synch. As with many of Blier''s films, Handkerchiefs is an intellectually brutal but slaphappy variation on traditional comedies of manners. What makes this film a bit different was its obvious jibe at frothier French sex farces of the day (Yves Robert''s Pardon Mon Affaire, for example, was released the same year) as well as then-contemporary adult comedy-dramas from the U.S. about the vicissitudes of relationships (Blume in Love, Kramer vs. Kramer). Seen in that context, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs looks like a wolf in sheep''s clothing, though it isn''t necessary to bring any context to Blier''s acid wit. --Tom Keogh Raoul (Gerard Depardieu) a tout essaye pour effacer l''eternelle tristesse de sa compagne Solange (Carole Laure), il se dit que seul l''amour peut lui redonner le sourire et décide de faire cadeau de la jeune femme a un inconnu, Stephane (Patrick Dewaere). Malgre tous les efforts de Stephane, les livres de poche et Mozart, Solange reste de glace et continue de tricoter ses pulls jusqu''a la rencontre d''un jeune surdoue. Customer Reviews for "Preparez vos mouchoirs (Gerard Depardieu - Patrick Dewaere) (French only) (DVD)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! French BestsellersExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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