A more civilized, less offensive version of GOING PLACES, Blier's earlier film, GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS again pairs Depardieu and Dewaere, as childlike men who are completely emasculated by the mysterious woman in their lives.
Frustrated by his inability to make his wife (Laure) happy, Depardieu asks a complete stranger (Dewaere) to give it a try. All Laure seems to do is knit sweaters with a completely expressionless face. Dewaere is equally impotent, however, and succeeds only in establishing a close friendship with
Depardieu. It takes a third "man"--Riton, a 13-year-old genius the threesome meets at the boys' summer camp that Dewaere runs--to fulfill the u...
Released:
1978
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins