Cousin cousin
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cousin cousin |
| Original title | Cousin cousin |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Jean-Charles Tacchella |
| script | Jean-Charles Tacchella Danièle Thompson |
| production | Daniel Toscan du Plantier |
| music | Gérard Anfosso |
| camera | Eric Faucherre Georges Lendi Michel Thiriet |
| cut | Marie-Aimée Debril Agnès Guillemot |
| occupation | |
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Cousin, Cousine (GDR title: Cousin and Cousine ) is a romantic comedy by Jean-Charles Tacchella , which was released in France on November 19, 1975 and became the hit film of the 1975/1976 season. 1989 came a remake under the title Affair (Cousins) in the cinemas.
action
Marthe and the dance teacher Ludovic (cousin or cousin, both unhappy in their marriage) get to know each other at the wedding party of Marthe's mother Biju (she marries Gobert) and become friends. They meet regularly at family reunions, their relationship is initially purely platonic. Only when their respective spouses Pascal and Karine (he is a notorious philanderer, she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown), who are having an affair with each other, become suspicious, do they also think about living together, which they then announce to the others on Christmas Eve.
Others, prices
The film ran in the USA from July 25, 1976 and was the greatest success of a French film since A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch in 1966 and up to A Cage Full of Fools by Édouard Molinaro in 1979. September, in the GDR on December 23, 1977 in the cinemas.
In 1977 the film received three Oscar nominations: for Best Screenplay , Best Foreign Language Film and Marie-Christine Barrault for Best Actress . In 1976 Tacchella was also nominated for César as best director and for the screenplay, and Victor Lanoux as best actor . But Marie-France Pisier alone won a César for Best Supporting Actress . In 1977 the film was also nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . In 1975 he won the Prix Louis Delluc and in 1977 the Award for Best Foreign Film from the Kansas City Film Critics Association.
criticism
"Observed closely, staged with a sense of detail, ironic wit and remarkable freshness: a film that, on the surface, offers nothing more than entertainment with a satirical touch, but which, in the background, poses the question of the meaning and continuity of marriage."
Web links
- Cousin Cousine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b cousin in the dictionary of international films