Rent Get Out Your Handkerchief (1978)
3.5 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
- Gerard Depardieu plays an at-wit's-end husband, Raoul, who'll go to any lengths to sexually satisfy his wife, Solange (Carole Laure). Raoul decides that the best thing to cure Solange's boredom would be if she took a lover; thus, he chooses Stephane (Patrick Dewaere) for the "job". But Stephane isn't any more successful in arousing Solange than her husband had been. Eventually, it is 13-year old boy who quenches Solange's erotic yearnings!
- Actors:
- Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hirt, Jean Rougerie, Sylvie Joly, Riton Liebman, Liliane Rovère, Michel Beaune, Roger Riffard, André Thorent, André Lacombe, David Gabison, Gilberte Géniat
- Directors:
- Bertrand Blier
- Producers:
- Paul Claudon, Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Writers:
- Bertrand Blier
- Aka:
- Preparez Vos Mouchoirs
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
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Reviews (2) of Get Out Your Handkerchief
Tres bien - Get Out Your Handkerchief review by BE
A sardonic portrayal of two supposedly adult males, and the wife of one of them, none of whom can shift her permanent state of meloncholy and her periodic attacks of the vapours. Her emotions are stirred up when a thirteen year old boy enters her life (excellently played by Riton Liebman) as does his when he experiences cardinal knowledge with her. Bertrand Blier treads where angels fear to with this one. It's funny in places, dark in others but not without its merits. Gerard Depardieu turns in a good performance but with a distance of forty years, is hardly recognisable as the man we know today.
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Wonderful anti-woke anti-romcom - Get Out Your Handkerchief review by Alphaville
After Les Valseuses, director Betrand Blier reunites with stars Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere for another refreshing blast against snowflake cinema. Still a riot decades after winning the Oscar for best foreign film in 1979. Gerard’s run out of ideas as to how to rouse his wife (Carole Laure) from her soporific demeanour. She spends all her time knitting topless. Perhaps sex with a different guy would help, so he ropes in a stranger in a restaurant (Patrick). If that still doesn’t work, perhaps a 13yo boy could provide the right impetus. Strap yourself in for an uproarious comedy that will have wokists tearing their hair out.
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