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This outrageously wacky sexual farce takes demonic delight in its vulgarity, misogyny and demented sexual approach. Life changes abruptly for the poverty-stricken couple, Antoine (Michel Blanc) and his wife Monique (Miou-Miou) after they meet Bob (Gérard Depardieu), who showers them with money and promises of the good life. But things change dramatically after Bob falls passionately in love with...no, not the sexy Monique, but the bald, mousy and frantically tight-lipped Antoine! Watching Depardieu wax poetic and become all girlish in front of the bewildered Antoine is a hilariously priceless moment in French cinema. (French with English subtitles)

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DVD : $13.49

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 741952317098
Catalog #: DV1120872

Studio : Koch Lorber

Languages: French (Primary) , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.78, Widescreen

Keywords

Action, Bisexual/Pansexual, Comedy, Family Life, Gay Male, Gay/Lesbian, International

Genres

Comedy

Customer Reviews

Man's Insecurity

Amos Lassen wrote on 04/16/2009:

“Menage”

Man’s Insecurity

Amos Lassen

In “Menage” (“Tenue de Soiree”), Gerard Depardieu plays Bob, a bisexual petty criminal who meets a couple entering a bar. He then seduces the wife and then the husband and teaches them to be burglars. They then join him in his criminal world.
It is the swaggering and sexy character Bob who uses his seductive power to get this film going and Depardieu is wonderful. From the moment that he finds Antoine and Monique arguing in a bar, he decides that he wants them both. He rebuilds their lives and they rob with him and sleep with him. Just as he seduces them, he seduces us.
Monique is not as important to Bob as is Antoine and we watch a homophobe (Antoine) become a fully dressed transsexual over the course of the film. The director, Bertrand Biler, seems to have had a lot of fun with this film as he gives us Bob, the manipulator but unfortunately Biler is also a misogynist and it shows throughout the film. The movie looks at a triangle of lovers who sample each other and it comes across as a critique of erotic anarchy which is very funny however Biler has directed this without compunction and what could have been a very good movie seems to be missing something. Nonetheless, Depardieu is wonderful as usual.