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Synopsis: Husband and wife Ludovic and Karine, and Ludovic's sixteen year old daughter Nelsa lead a relatively carefree life. Motorcycle riding Ludovic, a dance instructor, changes jobs every three years to keep himself interested in whatever he's doing. Ludovic recently remarried, this time to landscape designer Karine, a younger, beautiful woman who regardless is insecure due to her immaturity. Since she doesn't know how to handle that insecurity, Ludovic has placed Karine in various forms of therapy to help her with her life. Nelsa can see the cruelties that life has to offer, and although she doesn't like them, tries to embrace them to expose them for what they are. Ludovic wants to give everybody in his life, including Karine and Nelsa, as much freedom as they need to be happy. Husband and wife Pascal and Marthe and their adolescent son Eric lead a typical middle class life. Pharmaceutical salesman Pascal likes to think of himself as important to bolster his own sense of masculinity, which
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Production: Criterion Collection
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
R
Year:
1975
95 min
509 Views


I couldn't do it anymore. Understand?

All the lying.

Also to you. It was terrible.

You have the right to know.

The other day, at your mother's funeral...

I was ashamed.

It's true we had car trouble.

But before that...

The landscapist,

the cousin by marriage...

She and I...

Eric, your mother and I have to talk.

Go and do your homework.

I've finished.

Go feed your guinea pigs then.

I have to tell you everything.

I want to get it off my chest.

The landscapist, Karine...

Three times.

-I don't care.

Three times in the bushes.

-Shut up.

When I saw you dance like that...

Now you know everything.

I don't have to feel guilty anymore.

Eric, dinner's served.

There's no place like home.

Breathe well.

You don't breathe properly.

All our grandchildren will be there.

Their parents bring them over each

first Saturday of the month.

Another round?

-Yes, but this is the last one.

Madeleine, you were a bit too late.

Understood?

Take a deep breath.

Please be quiet.

Pay a bit more attention.

It's important to be able to sing.

Attention, three, four...

Why are you at work?

-After a whole week at the office...

...you want to enjoy the outdoors

in the weekend.

I'm making a swimming pool

for next year.

Give me a hand.

-But I'll get dirty.

Come on.

Jump.

You came in at the right moment.

Nelsa's going to show us her slides.

She was also at our wedding.

She's the daughter of Ludovic, a nephew

of my husband, a dancing teacher.

I know.

Shall I start with the wedding pictures?

-Of course.

This is before the fun started.

And after.

And again.

Uncle Eugne ogles at his

neighbour's corsage.

Uncle Gaston is drunk

and pees in his hat.

Aunt Gabrielle pukes in the flower bed.

-This is terrible.

You can't show these things.

-But this is how it was.

At your age you should focus

on the nice things in life.

That's enough.

Turn on the light.

Should we call the doctor?

He's dead.

Mum, be strong.

Children, go outside.

It's me, Biju. Do you hear me?

Don't leave me.

I beg you, come back, please.

Good to be in Paris again.

The last time was six years ago.

I live in the Sologne, in Vernou.

I'm here for a funeral.

My half-brother. His heart gave up.

Dad?

And Karine?

-She's getting sleep therapy.

Aren't you going in?

-No.

I'm staying with granddad.

Why aren't you going to church?

-I'm against it.

There's no room for

churches in a republic.

Even when your father married

in church, I stayed outside.

For you. The last time

you asked for a bear.

That was three years ago.

-Keep the suitcase as well.

I bought it to put the bear in.

The people are so sweet.

They loved him a lot.

Everybody loved him.

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Jean-Charles Tacchella

Jean-Charles Tacchella (born 23 September 1925) is a French screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film Cousin Cousine (1975), which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and which was later (1989) remade in a US version starring Ted Danson and titled Cousins. more…

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