Les hommes préfèrent les grosses

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Movie
Original title Les hommes préfèrent les grosses
Country of production France
original language French
German
Publishing year 1981
length 86 minutes
Rod
Director Jean-Marie Poiré
script Josiane Balasko
Jean-Marie Poiré
production Lise Fayolle
Dominique Harispuru
Hubert Niogret
Giorgio Silvagni
music Catherine Lara
camera Bernard Lutic
cut Noëlle Boisson
occupation

Les hommes préfèrent les grosses is a French comedy relating to relationships by Jean-Marie Poiré from 1981.

action

The slightly overweight wallflower Lydie wants to surprise her almost fiancé and boss Paul Berthellot with the fact that she has rented an apartment for both of them. However, Paul has a lover and has long been planning to leave Lydie. While jogging together, he rushed to implement the plan. Lydie is shocked that she can't afford to rent the apartment on her own. She places an ad in the newspaper looking for a new roommate. The only requirement is that the new girl should be less attractive than she is because she wants to be quiet in front of men. Lydie's plan doesn't work out because her brother Gérard unceremoniously organizes the attractive, but also naive Eva as a roommate. Eva is a model and in the following time organizes parties in the shared apartment. Lydie is moved to the small roommate room and has hardly any free space in her own four walls. Only with difficulty does she begin to assert herself, supported by her friend Arlette.

Things get complicated when Eva's ex-boyfriend, Jean-Yves, a passionate sailor, who is still attached to Eva and is very jealous, appears. He demolishes Lydie's apartment in search of Eva. Meanwhile, Gérard begins a relationship with Eva, they sleep together and go out together, with Lydie, who has been taken along, regularly the fifth wheel on the car. Her attempts to persuade Eva to move out fail because of Eva's ignorance and naivete. Eva quickly drops Gérard and starts an affair with landowner Adrien. At the same time, she tries to keep Jean-Yves at a distance, who says she is bored, but with whom she does not want to part because of his numerous gifts. Lydie accidentally ends up in bed with the wealthy Ronald and they both spend the night playing Scrabble , while next door Gérard seduces Ronald's girlfriend.

Because she shows up at work too late and makes too many mistakes, Lydie is fired. Still, she has her apartment to herself in parts, as Eva is out taking photos or spends her time in her own apartment. Lydie realizes that she misses Eva's company. She seeks her out and also admits that she has complexes about her appearance. Eva goes shopping with her and helps her with a makeover . Lydie is also allowed to stay in Eva's luxury apartment. She gets company there from Jean-Yves, who slowly realizes that Eva is no longer interested in him. He spends the night with Lydie, but denies her when Eva returns from a photoshoot and is jealous. Lydie is disappointed in Jean-Yves. Eva, in turn, finally abandons him when he wants to take her on a sailing tour. Eva makes up with Lydie and they both decide not to quarrel over a man. Eva soon leaves Adrien and meets a photographer. Jean-Yves realized his feelings. He loves Lydie and is waiting for her in front of her apartment. She rejects him because she doesn't want to be a quick replacement for Eva. He is persistent and confesses his love to her. Both eventually become a couple and at the end set off on a sailing trip together.

production

Les hommes préfèrent les grosses , in German about “Men prefer fat women”, is based on the 1978 play Bunny's bar ou Les hommes préfèrent les grosses by Josiane Balasko, who wrote the script with director Jean-Marie Poiré and also took on the leading role. The film constructions are by Nicole Rachline , the costumes were created by Rosalie Varda . Les hommes préfèrent des grosses opened in French cinemas on August 19, 1981.

In the film, the song A Way by Catherine Lara can be heard during the credits . In addition, the following songs are played in excerpts in the film:

criticism

The criticism stated that Balasko with Lydie introduced a "unruly" female character into the film world who challenged the ideals of beauty of the time.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Splendid Saint Martin on theatreonline.com
  2. ^ Josiane Balasko . In: Jill Nelmes, Jule Selbo: Women Screenwriters: An International Guide . Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.