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Subgenre Sampler

 
Three Men and a CradleThree Men and a Cradle (1985)
Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier
Hugely successful comedy that spawned the U.S. remake about three domesticated bachelors who grapple with the needs of an infant and an unsolicited…
Voyeur (Abel) (1985)
Dir. Alex Van Warmerdam
Feat. Alex Van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek
So many windows, so little time! An oddball sex farce in which the director himself plays a binocular–happy mummy's boy who falls in love with…
Funeral, TheFuneral, The (1984)
Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto
A Buddhist funeral service for a brothel owner makes an ideal vehicle for both fiendish black comedy and social satire. An assured debut from the…
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)
Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen
Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
My New PartnerMy New Partner (Les Ripoux) (1984) Recommended
Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte
The genial Phillipe Noiret plays a slobbish corrupt cop saddled with a straight–laced partner in this hilarious caper comedy. It's a delight…
What Have I Done to Deserve This?What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Labyrinth of PassionLabyrinth of Passion (1982)
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Luis Ciges
A nympho pop singer and her bisexual buddy cruise the decadent nightlife of Madrid, encountering Almodovar's usual slate of deviants –…
MontenegroMontenegro (1981)
Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Marianna Jacobi
A bored housewife gets caught up in Slavic sex and violence and discovers that she quite likes it. Unpredictable and weird, things become wickedly…
La Cage Aux Folles 2La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980)
Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru
Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts)Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet
When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…

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