Cinema
You Must Not Take Children of the Good Lord for Wild Ducks
Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages
Michel Audiard · 1968
Synopsis
Rita knows how to get what she wants from men without ever becoming attached. After a successful bullion robbery, Charles, the gangster whose mistress she is, keeps for himself the share he had promised her. She then turns to her aunt Léontine, a former figure of the underworld retired to the Côte d'Azur, who comes up to Paris to settle the score. A strange race for gold begins among the crooks.
Context
It is the first feature film directed by Michel Audiard, who wrote the screenplay with Henri Viard and Jean-Marie Poiré. The film, produced by Gaumont, was first called Opération Léontine; its final title takes up a popular expression meaning that one should not exaggerate. Françoise Rosay plays Léontine, alongside Marlène Jobert and Bernard Blier. It was released in September 1968.
Who it is for
Eighty minutes, in colour; a farce about crooks driven along at a brisk pace by its dialogue.
Prizes and reception
Gaumont released it on Blu-ray in a restored print, with an interview with Marlène Jobert recorded in 2002.
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