Tenue de soirée
Film poster
Directed byBertrand Blier
Written byBertrand Blier
Produced byRené Cleitman
StarringGérard Depardieu
Michel Blanc
Miou-Miou
CinematographyJean Penzer
Edited byClaudine Merlin
Music bySerge Gainsbourg
Distributed byActeurs Auteurs Associés
Release date
  • 23 April 1986 (1986-04-23)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$23.6 million[1]

Tenue de soirée (also titled Ménage) is a 1986 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Michel Blanc won the award for Best Actor.[2]

Plot

In a dance hall, an ebullient ex-convict named Bob befriends an impecunious young couple, the shrewish Monique and the passive Antoine. He takes them burgling and, while he and Antoine ransack the place for valuables, Monique has a bath and helps herself to clothes and scents. But it becomes apparent that it is Antoine to whom Bob is attracted, while Monique is an also ran. The relationship between the two men develops in unexpected directions.

Cast

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Nominated
Best Actor Michel Blanc Won
César Awards Best Film Nominated
Best Director Bertrand Blier Nominated
Best Actress Miou-Miou Nominated
Best Actor Michel Blanc Nominated
Best Writing Bertrand Blier Nominated
Best Editing Claudine Merlin Nominated
Best Original Music Serge Gainsbourg Nominated
Best Sound Bernard Bats and Dominique Hennequin Nominated
National Board of Review Awards[3] Top Foreign Films Nominated

References

  1. "Tenue de soirée (1986) - JPBox-Office".
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  3. "1986 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.


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