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The comedy springs from people's reactions to Pignon's alleged homosexuality. The managing director puts him on a Gay Pride parade float with a condom on his head, his estranged son suddenly thinks he's cool, his female boss catches on to the scam and begins to think that Pignon is not as banal as she first thought, and the homophobic, macho personnel director--a great performance from Gerard Depardieu--discovers his sensitive side. It's well directed by Francis Veber (writer of the original Three Fugitives), who moves the gentle action along masterfully, providing some laugh-out-loud moments and getting some great performances from his ensemble cast. Overall, it's an uplifting comedy about prejudice and how a Mr Nobody becomes a somebody. --Kristen Bowditch
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François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a nothing of a man who learns through the office grapevine that he is about to be fired from his job in the accounting department of a condom company. Since his wife divorced him and his son will have nothing to do with him, this could well be the last straw. But he encounters a new neighbor, Belone (Michel Aumont), who comes up with a plan. They will doctor somephotographs to make it look like Pignon is gay and make the company think twice about firing him and suffering from bad publicity. This ploy works although Pignon does NOTHING different at work; apparently everybody sees exactly what they expect to see when they look at him, even if they now expect something completely different. Meanwhile, Félix Santini (Gérard Depardieu) is warned that he will have to be nice to the gay guy and stop making intolerant comments or his job will be on the line. Of course, everybody starts treating the "new" Pignon quite differently from the old, which has both good and bad consequences for our hero. However, Mlle Bertrand (Michèle Laroque) becomes suspicious about the photographs and everything that is happening.
Earlier this week I had watched "Unfaithful," another in a long line of Hollywood remakes of French films and I found myself thinking about whether "The Closet" might be Americanized at some future date. Although this happened with "La Cage aux folles" I tend to think this film will avoid that fate. There is a subtlety to the humor here that would be lost in translation if the film were redone. I particularly fear that the darker side of this film, would not be able to avoid darker manifestations of hate and violence in an American version. You will just have to live with sitting down and watching this film in French and reading the subtitles. Besides, if you saw and liked "La Cage aux folles" then you should enjoy what Veber has come up with this time around.
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