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Actors: Louis De Funès, Annie Girardot, Julien Guiomar, Maurice Risch, Jacques François, Mario David, Daniel Boulanger
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Spat |
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THE SPAT (La Zizanie) is a comedy cowritten and directed by Claude Zidi in 1978.
De Funès, the owner of a small factory, must produce 3000 pieces of material for the Japanese in 90 days. Since the factory is too small, he will use his own house as part of it. But when he destroys the garden of his until now patient wife in order to add some more space, she decides to leave him.
Girardot, the revengeful De Funès's wife, joins the local ecological party, hoping to win the next elections against De Funès, the actual mayor. This is the beginning of a terrible spat.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Spat |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- married couple fighting
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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