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Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Michelle Laroque
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Closet |
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Mr. Pignon (Auteuil) is a dull, nerdy accountant for a plastics factory (one of its biggest product lines is condoms). Desperate when he is laid off and worried about being able to keep up alimony payments to his icy ex-wife and distant teenaged son, he takes a neighbor's advice to spread the rumor that he is gay, in the hope that the company will keep him on for fear of a discrimination suit. It works! But a burly, bigoted coworker (Depardieu) starts to behave very strangely around him, as do female colleagues who "always knew," and then even the big bosses: a scene where he is forced to represent the company in a Gay Pride march in a condom hat below a huge pink penis balloon is painfully funny. Mistaken for a pedophile, he is assaulted by other coworkers, and just about everything that could go wrong, does. A refreshingly delightful French comedy.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Closet |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- liberal/lefty activism
- fighting discrim. (other than racial/gender)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- white collar office worker
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Abuse on the job story?
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- French
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
- European (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- aggressive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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