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Yet beneath the surface familiarity, the writer-director teases out little gems of observation, with particular regard to how families behave during get-togethers. I wouldn’t have noticed without the therapy”, remarks Karine ( Marie-France Pisier) to Ludovic). Bored bourgeois drifting in and out of love affairs is very Seventies subject matter (would Eric Rohmer or Woody Allen have built careers without it?) and Jean-Charles Tacchella skewers then-trendy fads like psychoanalysis (“You’re handsome. Less lightweight than light-hearted, Cousin, Cousine actually tackles a number of weighty themes: troubled undercurrents lurking beneath the family, bourgeois hypocrisy, double standards regarding male/female infidelity and the self-involved narcissism of the ‘Me’ decade. To best appreciate its charms, viewers must accustom themselves to the freewheeling atmosphere of Seventies cinema and French comedies in particular. This frothy rom-com was Oscar-nominated in its day but latterly critics have dismissed it as lightweight. Sure enough, amidst riotous parties, familial spats and amiably chaotic get-togethers, Marthe and Ludovic’s relationship blossoms into love. A platonic friendship develops between these two confidantes, which their family suspects is really something more. Two distant cousins, Marthe ( Marie-Christine Barrault) and Ludovic ( Victor Lanoux) meet at a wedding banquet and discover their spouses are having an affair. Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Guy Marchand 1 on Blu-rayħ0s Sitcom Dads: Bless This House and Father Dear Father on Blu-ray Intercourse Between Two Worlds: Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me/The Missing Pieces on Blu-rayĮnjoy the Silents: Early Universal Vol. The Guns of Nutty Joan: Johnny Guitar on Blu-ray On the Right Track: Best of British Transport Films Vol. The ParaPod: A Very British Ghost Hunt - Interview with Director/Star Ian Boldsworth Night of the Animated Dead: Director Jason Axinn Interview Gunsight Eyes: The Sabata Trilogy on Blu-rayīloody Bastard Baby: The Monster/I Don't Want to Be Born on Blu-ray 2 on Blu-rayįable Fear: The Singing Ringing Tree on Blu-ray You Can't Tame What's Meant to Be Wild: The Howling on Blu-rayĬommendably Brief: Short Sharp Shocks Vol. You Have No Choice: Invasion of the Body Snatchers on Blu-ray Hungary for Cartoons: Hungarian Animations on MUBI Kung Fu Craft: Cinematic Vengeance! on Blu-rayĩ99 Letsbe Avenue: Gideon's Way on Blu-ray Vestron Double Bill: Dementia 13 and The Wraithįarewell Dean Stockwell: His Years of Weirdness Yeah, Too Quiet: The Great Silence on Blu-ray The Punk Rock Movie: Out of the Blue on Blu-ray What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrow Saint Etienne: I've Been Trying To Tell You