Carole Bouquet (which, particularly Deneuve, promotes highest-classification makeup) ‘s the picture of grand-bourgeois charm, while Josiane Balasko (a comic celebrity and you may filmmaker throughout the eatery-cinema traditions) is short for proletarian-ness
ravishingly beautiful Florence (Carole Bouquet), whom falls in love with his ‘homely’ assistant Colette (Josiane Balasko – ‘homely’ is how the fresh new subtitles coyly convert the fresh new funnier however, far more cruel French jargon phrases designating supposedly ugly ladies, such as for example tarte [lit: tart as in pastry] and boudin [lit: black pudding, or turd]). Although the film is actually funny, it’s intended to be understood just like the a life threatening report to your men distress, underlined by way of Schubert with the sound recording. Depardieu, personally fulfils his end up being the manly stud (‘I have never become very well fucked’, states Colette) and that’s the fresh locus from suffering, when he try eventually abandoned because of the one another lady. New discourse regarding male fragility conveniently removes compared to gender and you may class strength. Through the assortment of performers, charm and you can elegance get once the classbound. In case Colette was shown to be appealing to Depardieu as the off their proletarian-ness, the film meanwhile (such as, through the vocabulary accustomed define her) throws their off if you are very.
