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La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 French-Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. The screenplay was written by Ferreri, Rafael Azcona, and Francis Blanche, with Edmondo Amati serving as producer. The cast includes Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, and Philippe Noiret. The narrative is set in Paris during the 1970s.
The plot follows four friends who gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death. The film addresses themes of hedonism, suicidal ideation, nihilism, and the bourgeoisie. Philippe Sarde composed the music, and Mario Vulpiani handled the cinematography. It was released in May and September 1973.
The runtime is 130 minutes. It holds a review score of 6.7 out of 10 and 63 percent, with an average vote of 7.082 on one platform and a 7.0 rating on another. The film is available on video on demand through providers such as Shudder and Amazon Channel.
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7.1Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello
- Ugo Tognazzi as Ugo
- Michel Piccoli as Michel
- Philippe Noiret as Philippe
- Andréa Ferréol as Andrea
- Solange Blondeau as Danielle
Themes
- suicide
- call girl
- childhood friends
- grotesque
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Marco Ferreri
- Written by
- Marco Ferreri Rafael Azcona
- Produced by
- Vincent Malle Jean-Pierre Rassam
- Starring
- Marcello Mastroianni Ugo Tognazzi Michel Piccoli Philippe Noiret
- Cinematography
- Mario Vulpiani
- Edited by
- Claudine Merlin
- Music by
- Philippe Sarde
- Release date
- 1973 ( 1973 )
- Running time
- 135 minutes 123 minutes (censored cut)
- Countries
- Italy France
- Languages
- Italian French
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- human condition
- Director
- Marco Ferreri
- Screenwriter
- Francis Blanche
- Cast member
- Monique Chaumette
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Producer
- Edmondo Amati
- Cinematographer
- Mario Vulpiani
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 806574
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1984-06-21
- title
- La Grande Bouffe
- set in period
- 1970s
- review score
- 63%
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Encyclopedic overview
La Grande Bouffe (Italian: La grande abbuffata, English titles The Grand Bouffe and Blow-Out) is a 1973 French–Italian satirical film directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Andréa Ferréol. The film centres on a group of friends who plan to eat themselves to death. It satirises consumerism and the decadence of the bourgeoisie and was received controversially upon its release, but later gained a cult status.
Plot
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