Friday 1 July 2011

Review: Cinema

Potiche, Curzon Chelsea, dir Franois Ozron, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu

Fun. Pastiche, of well-heeled, middle class, left/right/centrist France seen through the exploits of the Pujol family. As the film progresses, each becomes involved in the family business, umbrellas, after Pujol’s heart attack. Potiche, translates as trophy wife, and Madam Pujol is so successful at running the business that by the end she stands for MP. The film has its cake and…..Set in the 1970s, it looks back to a more obvious misogynistic time, and yet points forward to a more liberal-minded France…..Sets and costume are 70s’ retro, and Deneuve and Depardieu have a great time as bo-ho lovers united once more to ward off an impending strike at the factory. Sometimes Carry On…..sometimes Benny Hill; the film is a delight. It references The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,starring Deneuve in 1964, and Saturday Night Fever as the pair get down and hustle on a cheesy disco dance floor……Uplifting….. 

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