With his perpetual hangdog expression, sad kewpie-doll eyes, and attitude of world-weary resignation, Michel Blanc annoys us no end. But fans of the well-known French character player (URANUS, MONSIEUR HIRE) should be ecstatic about GROSSE FATIGUE, in which Michel Blanc directs Michel
Blanc in a bittersweet, self-reflexive comedy about how tough it is to be Michel Blanc. It's a transparent bid to be hailed as the French Woody Allen. Personally, we wouldn't even want to be hailed as the
American Woody Allen, but as Blanc might say, with an exquisitely Gallic shrug, "
C'est la
vie."
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
87 mins