La Grande Bouffe
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La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 Franco-Italian black comedy film, directed by Marco Ferreri, about four friends who decide to eat themselves to death in a grotesque critique of consumerism and bourgeois excess.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Franco-Italian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | FIPRESCI Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Andréa Ferréol
NERFINISHED
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Marcello Mastroianni NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Piccoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugo Tognazzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mario Vulpiani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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Italy ⓘ |
| director | Marco Ferreri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Claudio M. Cutry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | 1973 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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drama film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later films dealing with food, excess, and body politics ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La grande bouffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bourgeoisie
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consumerism ⓘ death ⓘ gluttony ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | restricted or adult-only in several countries ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | four friends who decide to eat themselves to death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial reception at Cannes
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graphic depictions of food and bodily functions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
French
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Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | European art cinema of the 1970s ⓘ |
| producedBy | Jean-Pierre Rassam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
CAPAC
NERFINISHED
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Fida Cinematografica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtime | 130 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Francis Blanche
NERFINISHED
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Marco Ferreri NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafael Azcona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | villa in Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of bourgeois excess
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critique of consumerism ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Big Feast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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