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The story of Francois Pignon, an office assistant, who pretends that he is gay in order to save his job... His work colleagues struggle to come to terms with the news... French dialogue with subtitles.Product Identifiers
EAN5060034570240
eBay Product ID (ePID)3953499
Product Key Features
ActorStanislas Crevillen, Jean Rochefort, Thierry Lhermitte, Gerard Depardieu, Michele Laroque, Daniel Auteuil, Alexandra Vandernoot
Film/TV TitleThe Closet
DirectorFrancis Veber
LanguageFrench
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time85 Mins
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesTheatrical Trailer\Cast and Crew Biographies\Optimum Trailer Reel, With Subtitles
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
Additional InformationIn this witty commentary on political correctness in the work place, Francois Veber directs the excellent Daniel Auteuil as Francois Pignon, better known around the office as 'Pignon le Mignon' (Pignon the Cutey). Poor Pignon is helplessly misunderstood and pathetically down on his luck. A senior executive at a small corporation, Pignon overhears rumors that he is going to be fired. On top of a difficult relationship with his ex-wife and a failing relationship with his sullen teenage son, the idea of losing his job and becoming incapable of making alimony payments is unfathomable. Pignon feels totally defeated--like a real loser. That's why, when Pignon's next door neighbor (Michel Aumont) offers a solution to his problems, Pignon is quick to accept: He comes out of the closet, convincing his coworkers that he is gay, and making it improbable that the company would fire him at risk of legal action. But before he knows it, Pignon's plan has backfired and metamorphosed in hilarious ways, causing a string of bizarre office-related situations and family dilemmas that are both complex and comic.
ReviewsSight and Sound - ...[Depardieu acts] with enormous gusto; reminding French audiences of his great comic talent..., Total Film - ...A bubbly confection with a sustained rumble of belly laughs....THE CLOSET is farce with genuine heat..., USA Today - ...Delightful....This is economy of style that Americans get only in Woody Allen movies..., New York Times - ...What's so liberating about THE CLOSET is its refusal to walk on politically correct eggshells..., Rolling Stone - ...Auteuil and Depardieu spar hilariously....[A] delicious treat..., Movieline - ...A healthy share of uproarious moments and a few poignant ones as well....Depardieu is hilarious...
ScreenwriterFrancis Veber