Tenue de soirée (also titled Ménage) is a 1986 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Michel Blanc won the award for Best Actor.[2]
Tenue de soirée | |
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Directed by | Bertrand Blier |
Written by | Bertrand Blier |
Produced by | René Cleitman |
Starring | Gérard Depardieu Michel Blanc Miou-Miou |
Cinematography | Jean Penzer |
Edited by | Claudine Merlin |
Music by | Serge Gainsbourg |
Distributed by | Acteurs Auteurs Associés |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $23.6 million[1] |
In a dance hall, an ebullient ex-convict named Bob befriends an impecunious young couple, the shrewish Monique and the passive Antoine. He takes them burgling and, while he and Antoine ransack the place for valuables, Monique has a bath and helps herself to clothes and scents. But it becomes apparent that it is Antoine to whom Bob is attracted, while Monique is an also ran. The relationship between the two men develops in unexpected directions.
Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Michel Blanc | Won | |
César Awards | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Bertrand Blier | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Miou-Miou | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Michel Blanc | Nominated | |
Best Writing | Bertrand Blier | Nominated | |
Best Editing | Claudine Merlin | Nominated | |
Best Original Music | Serge Gainsbourg | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Bernard Bats and Dominique Hennequin | Nominated | |
National Board of Review Awards[3] | Top Foreign Films | Nominated | |
Films directed by Bertrand Blier | |
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Filmography | |
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