May Fools (1990) ( Milou en mai ) ( Milou a maggio )

May Fools (1990) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Milou en mai
Alternate Title: Milou a maggio
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards
David Donatello Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Louis Malle

Written By:
Louis Malle
Jean-Claude Carrière

Actors:
Miou-Miou ..... Camille
Michel Piccoli ..... Milou
Michel Duchaussoy ..... Georges
Bruno Carette ..... Grimaldi
Paulette Dubost ..... Mrs. Vieuzac
Harriet Walter ..... Lily
Martine Gautier ..... Adele
Rozenne Le Tallec ..... Marie-Laure
Jeanne Herry ..... Françoise (as Jeanne Herry-Leclerc)
Renaud Danner ..... Pierre-Alain
François Berléand ..... Daniel
Dominique Blanc ..... Claire
Serge Angeloff ..... Adele's fiancé
Anne-Marie Bonange ..... Neighbor
Marcel Bories ..... Leonce
Bernard Brocas ..... Le curé/Priest
Stéphane Broquedis ..... The young garage owner
Etienne Draber ..... Mr. Boutelleau
Diane Gracis ..... Young girl
Denise Juskiewenski ..... Mrs. Abel
Valérie Lemercier ..... Mrs. Boutelleau
Stéphane Paoli ..... Jacques Paoli
Benjamin Prieur ..... Twin
Nicolas Prieur ..... Twin
Hubert Saint-Macary ..... Paul
Jacqueline Staup ..... Neighbor
Georges Vaur ..... Funeral procession

Synopsis:

This comic excursion from Louis Malle is set in May 1968, concurrent with a series of Parisian student uprisings. After the death of family matriarch Mme. Vieuzac (Paulette Dubost), the survivors converge on the French countryside for her funeral; they include her two sons, Milou (Michel Piccoli) and Georges (Michel Duchaussoy); Camille (Miou-Miou), Milou's daughter; Camille's husband and children; and granddaughter Claire (Dominique Blanc), a lesbian. With the latest news of rebellion from Paris as their soundtrack, the family members argue over property, revive long-simmering arguments, and watch in dismay as an unlikely love affair begins. When the student uprising threatens to spill over into their community, the family heads for the hills, where the great outdoors only intensifies their reunion.

Like Vanya, in Malle's last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. The brother who is the London correspondent for Le Monde keeps turning up the volume of the radio for the latest news. A deceased sister's interest in the estate is represented by a niece who is an antique dealer, who is most interested in grandmother's emerald ring that Milou's daughter Camille has already slipped on her finger. A non-relative, a truck driver who can't deliver his load of tomatoes in Paris, brings a nephew who was part of the uprising. Everyone is on strike and the matriarch can't be buried.

Against the background of the 1968 student unrest, Milou's children, grandchildren, in-laws, and assorted others gather at his vineyard for his mother's funeral. To start with everyone is squabbling over the inheritance but gradually the countryside, the May weather, and life with unexpected shortages engender a more relaxed mood, even when the funeral is postponed indefinitely by a striking cleric.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 November, 2015.

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