Four friends who normally gather on weekends to cook together decide to eat themselves to death. They are accidentally joined by a female school teacher.
All I could think was Anthony Bourdain. The 2 hour duration went by quickly because of French guys cooking and fart jokes, even though the pacing was rather slow. The scenes were allowed to resolve themselves in their own time. The basic premise was augmented by the addition of extra characters and the Bugatti. The 4 main characters are pretty basic, but they are joined by whores and the school teacher who are also quite shallow. The dialogue initially entertained me, but as the end drew nearer, it became more serious and melancholic. The acting was done quite well. It's difficult to make eating come alive on screen. Basically, the only set was the house and the 4 main characters dressed like one would imagine French men in the '70s to dress. The whores added some color with their costumes and the school teacher's lingerie was revealing. Camera-work was a little bit shoddy on this. Under exposure ruled the roost and there wasn't much camera movement. The video was also quite grainy, giving it more of a horror feel. The French dialogue was mixed well with the single song soundtrack. What I really liked about the audio was the variety of fart sounds. The whole thing seemed kind of gloomy, but in a mocking way, which I liked. This won an award at Cannes the year it was released and was later replayed in the classics section of that festival. I rate it good, mostly for the first 3/4 of it than the last 1/4.
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