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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Original title: Préparez vos mouchoirs

“The Delicious Anarchy of Love and Devotion”

1978 · 1 h 48 min
Directed by Bertrand Blier
ComedyDramaRomance

Cast

Gérard Depardieu Carole Laure Patrick Dewaere Michel Serrault Eléonore Hirt Jean Rougerie

Plot

A husband, worried about his depressed wife, asks a stranger to help her, and when that does not work, he finds a 13-year-old boy for her, in a surreal black comedy of marriage.

Sinekatalog’s take

A provocative, absurd Oscar-winning comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (4,791 votes)
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