Ilotalon lemmikit (1965)

Ilotalon lemmikit (1965). Ilotalon lemmikit: Directed by Gilles Grangier, Georges Lautner. With Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Andréa Parisy. A film consisting of three short stories: "The Closure", "The Trial", "Men of Good Taste". The events of all three parts develop around an ordinary street lamp.

“Dismissed as rubbish by most of the French critics ,u0026quot;Les Bons Vivants u0026quot; is nonetheless a very funny comedy ,with lots of good lines by Audiard : itu0026#39;s entertaining , itu0026#39;s not head cinema, but why deny yourself a good laugh?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a movie made of three sketches ,the mcguffin of which is a lantern .n1°)the closure :lines warn us before it all begins :they put people out of business: it may be a factory ,a farm …unemployment is loomingnIt actually concerns a brothel ;the Marthe Richard law from 1946 closed all those places.nThe boss (Bernard Blier) and his ladies are lambasted ;some try to move into a new type of employment: nightclub hostesses, music hall ;some study the Assimilnmethod (English without tears) to emigrate ;some will have to be streetwalkers .nAll are on the verge of tears .Donu0026#39;t ask for Maupassantu0026#39;s u0026quot;La Maison Tellieru0026quot; !nItu0026#39;s much fun though.The lantern (the red light) is given to the most deserving boarder.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e2) The trial : thanks to men (and to dogs) ,this deserving lady(Andrea Parisy) climbs the social scale quickly and becomes a baroness , soon to be widowed ,for her husband could be her grandpa.nHer desirable mansion is burglarized ; the thief (Jean Lefèvre) is arrested ,but itu0026#39;s impossible to find one of the stolen goods : the lantern .It works pretty well as a travesty of a trial ,but the ending is botched .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e3)The Bons Vivants :how an athletic club turns into a private brothel ; one of the members (Louis De Funès)takes in a would be mistreated hooker (Mireille Darc) ;she becomes his servant ,soon to be joined by other ones (including Bernadette Laffont)nBest moments: A clueless De Funès,reading his interminable speech ,while his partners have only eyes for the servants ; and a very special Christmas .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEveryone hams it up in this story which must not be taken seriously ;just for fun!”