Jean Herman was a director for about a director ;his most memorable works are thrillers ,both starrring Alain Delon :"Jeff" and mainly "adieu l'ami" where the French star met Charles Bronson .
"L'oeuf " is his final effort before he became a writer (Jean Vautrin) who was awarded the Goncourt prize and who notably wrote the "garde à vue" screenplay.
His decision to call it quits after "l'oeuf" was a good one ; in spite of talented stand up comic Guy Bedos and good actresses (the luminous Marie Dubois and Bernadette Laffont) , the movie does not avoid vulgarity and its heavy-handed treatment does not help.
The best scenes are to be found at the beginning : the hero,hearing about his friends' numerous conquests wonders how they try and pick up so many girls ;his akward attempts to imitate them are pathetic and really funny ;then the hints at mythomania are quite relevant : are these affairs really real?
"L'oeuf " is his final effort before he became a writer (Jean Vautrin) who was awarded the Goncourt prize and who notably wrote the "garde à vue" screenplay.
His decision to call it quits after "l'oeuf" was a good one ; in spite of talented stand up comic Guy Bedos and good actresses (the luminous Marie Dubois and Bernadette Laffont) , the movie does not avoid vulgarity and its heavy-handed treatment does not help.
The best scenes are to be found at the beginning : the hero,hearing about his friends' numerous conquests wonders how they try and pick up so many girls ;his akward attempts to imitate them are pathetic and really funny ;then the hints at mythomania are quite relevant : are these affairs really real?
