Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: ...
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Cast
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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Jean-Claude | |
| Miou-Miou | ... | Marie-Ange | |
| Patrick Dewaere | ... | Pierrot | |
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Christian Alers | ... | Henri the Father of Jacqueline |
| Brigitte Fossey | ... | Woman on the train | |
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Michel Peyrelon | ... | Bruno the Surgeon |
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Gérard Boucaron | ... | Carnot the Car Mechanic |
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Jacques Chailleux | ... | Jacques Pirolle |
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Eva Damien | ... | the Car Mechanic |
| Dominique Davray | ... | Ursula / Suzanne | |
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Jacqueline | |
| Marco Perrin | ... | Supermarket inspector | |
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Jacques Rispal | ... | Watchman at the Mammouth Store |
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Claude Vergnes | ... | Merlan the Hair-stylist |
| Jeanne Moreau | ... | Jeanne Pirolle | |
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Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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man and woman in bed | living for the moment | release from prison | sexual harassment | threesome |Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
13 May 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Runtime:
(restored: 1999)Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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The original French title is slang for "balls" (the testicular variety). See more »Goofs
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The movie has a distinct (albeit brutish and rough) humanity for all its borderline depravity - the zippy/lyrical score points up the comic side of their misadventures, and even when they're at their most thuggish (like terrorizing the woman on the train), a semi-pitiful vulnerability lurks never far away (Dewaere sucks on her breasts like a baby). Blier cuts away from the scene where Depardieu may be about to rape Dewaere, so we're never sure how explicitly to read the manifestly homoerotic aspect of their relationship - either way, that incident is the start of their relative humanization (so the movie could certainly be read as pro-gay, although it could likely be read as pro-anything you want). The movie has many objectionable scenes and points of sexual politics and is probably best taken as a general cartoon on the foibles of both sexes, making a mockery of the whole notion of sensitivity and honesty, and hitting numerous points of possible profundity on the basis that if you fire off enough shots, some of them are bound to hit.