Black comedy starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. Four jaded middle-aged men - a pilot, a TV executive, a chef and a judge - meet to spend a weekend indulging in their greatest passion: eating. One of them insists on bringing some prostitutes, whereas another, a local teacher, comes to dinner and stays. For all of them, the weekend will bring the joys and penalties of greed.
Marco Ferreri's satire is like Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in reverse: where Buñuel's characters never quite get to their waiting feast, Ferreri's gather in a villa and gorge themselves on food, wine and women. This is not a picture for bulimics or the obese; nor is it as subversively funny as it might have been. Nevertheless, there are some great scenes - notably the moment when the ample buttocks of Andréa Ferréol are used to mould a vast slab of mousse de foie gras - and Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli and Ugo Tognazzi seem to be relishing every mouthful. The film was rejected for certification back in 1973 but is going to be released in its full unexpurgated glory in 2015.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Pilot | Marcello Mastroianni |
| Chef | Ugo Tognazzi |
| TV producer | Michel Piccoli |
| Judge | Philippe Noiret |
| Teacher | Andréa Ferréol |
| Madeleine | Monique Chaumette |
| Anne | Florence Giorgetti |
| Anulka | Rita Scherrer |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Marco Ferreri |
