Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Synopsis of Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

The lightly mocking title Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez Vos Mouchoirs) sets the tone for this Bertrand Blier-directed amalgam of the sentimental and sardonic. Gérard Depardieu plays an at-wit's-end husband, Raoul, who'll go to any lengths to sexually satisfy his wife, Solange (Carole Laure). Raoul decides that the best thing to cure Solange's boredom would be if she took a lover; thus, he chooses Stéphane (Patrick Dewaere) for the "job." But Stéphane isn't any more successful in arousing Solange than her husband had been. Eventually, it is a 13-year-old boy who quenches Solange's erotic yearnings. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as well as a French César award for Best Score (by Georges Delerue). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Bertrand Blier

Writer(s):

Bertrand Blier

Producer(s):

Alexandre Mnouchkine, Paul Claudon, Georges Dancigers

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Not For Children, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Adult Humor, Adult Language, Adult Situations)

• 1978 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Music

Warning:  This product is intended for mature audiences only. It may contain violence, sexual content, drug abuse and/or strong language. You must be 17 or older to purchase it. By ordering this item you are certifying that you are at least 17 years of age.

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