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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Original title: Préparez vos mouchoirs
  • 19781978
  • RR
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.9K
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Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, and Michel Serrault in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure, the film follows a love triangle between the characters that turns both more comedic and more emotional. Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1979, as well as the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Picture.
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  • Comedy
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  • Romance
A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.9K
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  • Director
    • Bertrand Blier
  • Writer
    • Bertrand Blier
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Carole Laure
    • Patrick Dewaere
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  • Director
    • Bertrand Blier
  • Writer
    • Bertrand Blier
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Carole Laure
    • Patrick Dewaere
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    • 26User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (2K Restoration) | Official US Trailer
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    Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (2K Restoration) | Official US Trailer

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    Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Eléonore Hirt and Michel Serrault in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Michel Serrault in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Carole Laure in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and Carole Laure in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
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    Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
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    Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, and Riton Liebman in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Raoulas Raoul
    Carole Laure
    Carole Laure
    • Solangeas Solange
    Patrick Dewaere
    Patrick Dewaere
    • Stéphaneas Stéphane
    Michel Serrault
    Michel Serrault
    • Le voisinas Le voisin…
    Eléonore Hirt
    Eléonore Hirt
    • Madame Beloeilas Madame Beloeil
    Jean Rougerie
    Jean Rougerie
    • Mr. Beloeilas Mr. Beloeil
    Sylvie Joly
    • La passanteas La passante…
    Riton Liebman
    • Christian Beloeilas Christian Beloeil
    • (as Riton)
    Liliane Rovère
    Liliane Rovère
    • Bartenderas Bartender
    Michel Beaune
    Michel Beaune
    • Le médecin dans la rueas Le médecin dans la rue
    Roger Riffard
    • Le médecin du portas Le médecin du port
    André Thorent
    André Thorent
    • Le professeuras Le professeur
    André Lacombe
    • Le délégué syndicalas Le délégué syndical
    David Gabison
    • Le quidamas Le quidam
    • (as Alain David Gabison)
    Gilberte Géniat
    Gilberte Géniat
    • L'ouvreuse du théâtreas L'ouvreuse du théâtre
    Jean Perin
    • Un ouvrieras Un ouvrier
    Bertrand De Hautefort
    • Un officieras Un officier
    Philippe Brigaud
    Philippe Brigaud
    • Le docteur Papillonas Le docteur Papillon
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Writer
      • Bertrand Blier
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    • Trivia
      In a 1979 episode of Sneak Previews, Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel praised the film, calling it "an offbeat, sometimes very serious comedy" that is "always surprising," going on to say that "`Get Out Your Handkerchiefs' is about a man - albeit a very young and small one - who really respects a woman, and that's a refreshing emotion to see, as is the whole movie [...]". In a huge disagreement, co-host and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert opened his rebuttal by saying, "In other words I take it you liked this film." Ebert quickly followed by saying it was one of the worst films he had ever seen ("I thought it was decadent, depraved, dumb, stupid, the characters were unattractive..."). His final word on the film, in a line similar to one later made famous in his scathing print review of the 1996 ensemble mob comedy "Mad Dog Time," was "I think it should be cut up to make ukulele picks."
    • Alternate versions
      Due to possible problems with the Child Protection Act UK cinema and video versions were cut by 5 secs to edit a scene where Christian looks at Solange's naked body as she lays in bed. The cuts were later waived for the 15-rated 2007 DVD.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: The North Avenue Irregulars/The Last Wave/Agatha/Norma Rae/Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Solange Et Christian
      Written and Performed by Georges Delerue Et Son Orchestre

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    A farce of farces...with classic new wave cutting=Good Time
    This film is wonderful. Blier brings classic elements of French farce films into cuttings that remind me of Melville. He does a wonderful job of developing Solange, Raoul, and Stephane as caricatures...giving the viewer great understanding of how these characters will react in future situation. The eratic behaviors are completely acceptable on the same terms that the wild cuts...from dinner table to summer camp, and opening in a restaurant with no frame of reference...forces one to become involved in the story. So many Hollywood films 'do the work for you' so to speak. This leaves the movie experience stale. I'm not going to get involved in a film unless the director invites me to do so. Blier certainly does that. And the Mozart concerto helps. Gervase de Brumer.
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1978 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Frau zu verschenken
    • Filming locations
      • Restaurant Le Wepler, 14 Place de Clichy, Paris 18, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Belga Films
      • C.A.P.A.C.
      • Les Films Ariane
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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