Le placard features some of the best talent France has to offer. It is a superb comedy with muted undertones of drama. I never felt the Le Placard stooped low anywhere to get laughs. For me each and everyone of the jokes and farcical situations also had dramatic elements. Sometimes loneliness, sometimes love and sometimes our own prejudice.
On surface it is an harmless comedy, but I have rarely seen comedy and drama mixed in such a subtle manner. Acting is just amazing. I hardly expect any less from Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu and Jean Rochefort.
The plot seemed a little predictable in start but it keeps throwing surprises and the tone of the film is just right. A tightrope walk between comedy and drama.
P.S. - I hope you don't read too much into the drama part from my review. Movie is designed as a comedy but I liked the underlying dramatic elements. It is not a black comedy but a comedy.
On surface it is an harmless comedy, but I have rarely seen comedy and drama mixed in such a subtle manner. Acting is just amazing. I hardly expect any less from Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu and Jean Rochefort.
The plot seemed a little predictable in start but it keeps throwing surprises and the tone of the film is just right. A tightrope walk between comedy and drama.
P.S. - I hope you don't read too much into the drama part from my review. Movie is designed as a comedy but I liked the underlying dramatic elements. It is not a black comedy but a comedy.