Laura Antonelli
Prominent Istrians
| Film Reviews |
|
|
|
1972 -
Doctor Popaul doesn't trust beautiful women: he says he prefers "moral beauty". Among colleagues he makes a bet who manages to sleep with the most ugly woman during the next year - and wins. Shortly after he meets the plain Christine on vacation in Tunesia. She leaves him after their first night, but by chance they meet again in Bordeaux. He learns that her father is a wealthy doctor who's very pleased to meet him and encourages him to become his son in law. Just on the wedding Popaul meets Christine's beautiful sister, who has the bad fortune to always marry the dumbest guy around. But Popaul knows how to help her out... He then methodically proceeds to eliminate all of her various suitors. A delightful black comedy which is quite unlikely ever to be re-made by Hollywood, it is just too cynical about beauty and love and marriage and family and medicine and murder. Jean-Paul Belmondo plays the title hero, ever in pursuit of ugly women (which incidentally furthers his career) until the sight of his sister-in-law (Antonelli) make him change his priorities. It is amazing how Belmondo manages to stay likable while his character's actions are thoroughly objectionable throughout - it probably helps that his adversaries are not such terrific people themselves. A stylish comedy featuring several of France's most popular stars. *** Medico di provincia (J.-P. Belmondo), spregiudicato seduttore di donne brutte (perché sono più facili, dice lui) tradisce la moglie bruttina (M. Farrow), sposata per far carriera, con la bella cognata (L. Antonelli). Finito con le gambe rotte all'ospedale per un incidente d'auto, quando un medico amico (D. Ivernel) gli comunica che ha perduto la virilità, tenta il suicidio. L'aiuta la moglie che gli confessa di essere l'amante dell'amico. Finale a sorpresa. Sceneggiatura al vetriolo di Paul Gégauff, tratta dal romanzo Meurtre à loisir di Hubert Monteilhet. un film qualunque al servizio di Belmondo, gigione abbronzato, di convenzionale cattiveria. Ebbe successo e fu l'inizio di una lunga relazione tra Antonelli e il divo francese. *** Satire von Claude Chabrol. Mediziner Jean-Paul Belmondo spielt falsch mit den Frauen Das Spezialgebiet von Jungarzt Paul (Jean-Paul Belmondo) sind hässliche Frauen: Die lassen sich finanziell gesehen gut ausnehmen. Bei der blassen Arzttochter Christine (Mia Farrow mit Hasenzähnen!) ist er sogar zur Ehe bereit. Schließlich spendiert Schwiegerpapa ihm dafür eine luxuriöse Privatklinik. Zusatzbonus ist die attraktive Schwägerin Martine (Laura Antonelli). Doch die Strafe für den Filou folgt auf dem Fuße… Die rabenschwarze Komödie lief auch unter dem Titel "Der Halunke“. Source:
|
|
This page compliments of Marisa Ciceran Created: Friday, March 22,
2002; Last Updated: Saturday, March 01, 2008
|
Trappola per un lupo, a.k.a.
-