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Synopsis: François Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a rubber factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing to happen: he spreads the rumor that he's gay so that the factory management might be afraid they'll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in François Pignon's life -and other people's too- is drastic !
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Francis Veber
Production: Miramax
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2001
84 min
$4,519,967
Website
488 Views


What?

Hasch. It was good stuff.

My head was putty the next day.

What did you say?

I forbid you to tell him

what I really am.

He's at a critical stage.

We'll tell him later.

I want contact,

you're raising him wrong.

He needs a father, gay or straight!

You decided, folks?

I'll have some rich, heavy food.

Madame won't.

I'm dining alone.

Good night, it's been lovely.

Amazing!

- I can't believe it.

- I said I'd find it.

It was on your balcony?

Yes, I heard meows and...

- When?

- A while ago.

Funny, I didn't hear a thing.

I did it! I'm over my wife!

That's good news.

Our dinner... it wasn't "ours":

she didn't eat.

- Sure it's the same cat?

- What?

There's something different.

- Like what?

- I can't describe it.

- The other was very plain.

- So's this one.

- That proves nothing.

- Either way!

It may not be the same cat,

but I'm sure of this:

you're not the same man.

I don't know which is which.

I'll get to the point, Pignon.

I don't know

where things stand with you.

out of the closet, you agree?

Yes, sir.

Then you accused Miss Bertrand

of sexual harassment.

- You still agree?

- Yes, sir.

Later, I catch you making wild love

on an assembly line

with that same Miss Bertrand.

In front of Japanese clients

who now want to visit

the plant again!

You think it's funny... I don't!

You pretended to be gay

to hold on to your job.

You're a liar, Pignon.

You're right, sir, I'm a liar.

I'm not gay.

Do I apply for unemployment?

That's not the right approach...

Yes it is, sir.

Gay or straight,

you're a pain, Pignon!

My whole life

I've been called a drag.

You called me a pain.

That's a step up the ladder!

One year Iater...

All right, please...

Please!

You all know what this is:

a company photo.

So everyone smiles,

happy to be in this fine outfit.

The man down on the left...

You, in the blue suit...

I'm not in frame?

You OK?

Sh*t, my collarbone!

OK, fire away!

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Francis Veber

Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Eight French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe), L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy), La Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), and Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film Mon père, ce héros. Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance, Le dîner de cons). This theatrical experience contributes to his films' tight structure, resulting in what has been called "marvels of economy".Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon (a bungler) and François Perrin (a bully). more…

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