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Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (1976)
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22 September 1976 (France)
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Quatre amis, Etienne, Daniel, Simon et Bouly ont du mal à grandir et, la quarantaine révolue, continuent de se jouer des tours...
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The adults are big kids.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean Rochefort | ... | Étienne | |
| Claude Brasseur | ... | Daniel | |
| Guy Bedos | ... | Simon | |
| Victor Lanoux | ... | Bouly | |
| Danièle Delorme | ... | Marthe | |
| Anny Duperey | ... | Charlotte | |
| Martine Sarcey | ... | Esperanza | |
| Marthe Villalonga | ... | Mouchy Messina | |
| Louise Conte | ... | Marraine | |
| Christophe Bourseiller | ... | Lucien (as Christophe Bruce) | |
| Maurice Bénichou | ... | Gonthier | |
| Jean Lescot | ... | Le patient inquiet | |
| Catherine Verlor | ... | Stéphanie | |
| Pascale Reynaud | ... | Delphine | |
| Richard Saint-Bris | ... | Charles |
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USA:105 min | France:110 min
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Followed by Nous irons tous au paradis (1977)
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Yves Robert's best works are those which deal with children :"la guerre des boutons" "la Gloire de mon Père" and its follow-up "le château de ma mère"."Un éléphant" is not as good as the three movies I mention above.But what connects it to his three wonderful films is that its four heroes have not really grown up.Claude Brasseur 's way of pitting the olives is a schoolboy 's joke!We can also credit Robert for introducing a gay character (Brasseur) while avoiding the usual clichés.Brasseur portrays a man like all the other ones.We'd never guess he is gay if we were not told it so.On the other hand,the female parts are not very interesting:Daniele Delorme -who was Robert's wife and her co-producer-was better in the fifties when she was directed by Duvivier and the attractive Duperrey is nothing but a mirage .And Guy Bedos 's mother is a calamity ,for Marthe Villalonga is ham-acting flesh on the bone.
The movie was so successful that there was a sequel ("Nous irons tous au Paradis' ) and an American remake ("the woman in red")