Love at the sixth sight

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Movie
German title Love at the sixth sight
Original title Bimboland
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1998
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Ariel Zeitoun
script Rose Bosch
production Alain Goldman
Ariel Zeitoun
music Charles Henri de Pierrefeu
camera Thierry Jault
cut Hugues Darmois
occupation

Love at the sexiest gaze (Original title: Bimboland ) is a French comedy film directed by Ariel Zeitoun from 1998.

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The young French ethnologist Cécile Bussy studies an indigenous people in the Amazon who have so far had no contact with modern civilization. After reporting back home about it, she returns to South America. She is shocked to find that the previously lonely people suddenly fall trees and show other traces of capitalism . This news turns into a scientific disgrace for Cécile.

At the University of Nice , she learns from her roommate Karène Leblond, who deals with magical practices, that word of her debacle at the institute has already got around. She also meets Professor Laurent Gaspard, the new dean . The arrogant man declares Cécile's doctoral thesis to have failed. He only offers the young woman to help him as a research assistant in completing his book on the Māori . Another setback comes: Aristide Roumestan explains to her that she will not get the post of dormitory administrator that would enable her to live free of charge. Instead, this position is given to the stylish and talkative but mentally poorly endowed dog friend Alex Baretto.

Gaspard rejects further suggestions for topics for Cecile's doctoral thesis and does not even notice her new hairstyle. The researcher learns the word bimbo from a roommate for a woman who impresses more with bust than intellect, and sees how seductive Alex appears to men. During an incident in the laundry room, she starts a conversation with Alex and, using Cinderella as an example , the new girl explains to her that a woman is more likely to impress men with physical advantages. Cécile listens with interest. A little later, she surprises her two roommates, who were invited by Alex to a disco, with a new look and reveals her new research topic to them: She is now concerned with the tribe of the Bimbos . She explains that Alex shouldn't know anything about it. The professor, who wanted a radical topic, is not privy either. Gaspard suddenly appears in the disco and collides with Cécile without recognizing her.

The next day, the ethnologist tries to offer her new research topic to a publisher, but initially speaks too academic with references to Claude Lévi-Strauss , but a reference to Alex who walks by convinces the publisher. Then she goes to the shops with Alex to buy new, seductive clothes. In her new outfit, she meets Gaspard at University. The professor thinks she is the girl from the disco based on her bare feet and she pretends to be Cecile's alleged cousin Brigitte. She also tells Alex about this new identity, who says that her name is actually Magali. Alex introduces “Brigitte” to a fitness club full of bimbo women and Cécile begins to write about her first experiences.

Over lunch at the university, the professor speaks to her and raves about the supposed cousin, to whom he attributes charisma and an artistic streak. Cécile's suggestion that “Brigitte” is active with many men does not change his enthusiasm either. The researcher is disappointed that she is unsuccessful in her real life as a cultured, educated woman. In the solarium, “Brigitte” hears from the bimbo women how things go with appointments. In the evening she goes to a party with Alex and the other women. Alex describes the older hostess Gina as her role model, but she seduces Alex's friend Greg.

The following day, Gaspard comes to Alex's apartment to visit “Brigitte”. This pretends that the cousin is in the bathroom. She climbs along the outside of the house to secretly fetch Cécile from the neighboring apartment. The professor drives with “Brigitte” to a beach bar, where she dances to the sound of drums. On the way home, she tries to say something positive about Cécile to Gaspard. "Brigitte" later also goes to a party on Greg's ship. When the lustful man lures her into his bedroom, she tricked him into standing naked in front of the party guests. The next day Gaspard persistently asks Alex about "Brigitte", while Cécile explains to the professor that he is far too macho towards women. Alex arranges a meeting between "Brigitte" and Gaspard. After the professor spoke vividly about his experiences with the Māori, the two physically grow closer.

But the double life is increasingly burdening the young woman and the deadline for the book is getting closer. Cécile wants to end her second identity. After “Brigitte” dragged the professor through several expensive fashion stores at his expense and made him jealous by meeting Greg in a disco, Gaspard feels like an idiot and breaks up with her. In a conversation between the two women, Alex complains to Cécile that it rubs off on her. The researcher then tells her that she only used the bimbo woman for one study. Alex tells Alex that Gina is her mother and makes further accusations to Cécile. When Gaspard is about to thank his assistant for her help, she tells him that she is going away.

Cécile travels to her mother, who lives in a country house in Normandy , and takes Alex with her. While she is working on the completion of her book there, she confesses to her companion that she has changed her view of the Bimbo tribe. Meanwhile, Gaspard watches a video of Cecile's visit to the Amazon, where she works by several indigenous men. In her apartment, he recognizes from her shoes that Cécile was only faking his cousin. He goes to Normandy and shows the real woman his love. But Alex is still causing a stir. Cécile fetches her from a surgical clinic and convinces her not to have an upcoming breast augmentation despite the doctor's protest .

reception

The reviewer from filmdienst.de sees a “turbulent gender comedy that pokes at male courtship behavior as well as calculating female physical activity. In addition, the film makes fun of internalized ideals of beauty and women. ”At cinema.de, the comedy is rated as“ sexy and a bit stupid, but sometimes witty ”. The critic at kino.de thinks the film should "satisfy lovers of casual, but not too shallow entertainment".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Love at the sixth sight. filmdienst.de, accessed on March 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Love at the sixth sight. cinema.de, accessed on March 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bimboland. kino.de, accessed on March 31, 2020 .