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The Gypsy
Hubert Durieux is a banker in a small French town who is struggling to keep up with the demands of all the women in his life. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, his precious white Citroën is stolen under his eyes by a beautiful gypsy girl, Mona.
Release : | 1986 |
Rating : | 4.5 |
Studio : | Films A2, T. Films, |
Crew : | Director, Writer, |
Cast : | Claude Brasseur Valérie Kaprisky Martin Lamotte Stéphane Audran |
Genre : | Comedy Romance |
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The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
"La Gitane" is probably the worst (or at least the most hopeless) of all talented Philippe De Broca's efforts:not a single funny ,let alone witty line ,ponderous gags ,predictable development.It would have been interesting to pit a well-respected bank executive against a defiant gypsy;the bourgeois man is harassed by women,all played by squalling harpies (only Stephane Audran manages to show some emotion in her last scene before going to greater glories in "Babette's feast" );one fine day,a gypsy steals his car ,and his life will be changed forever.Colossal mistake :Valerie Kaprisky is completely miscast as a gypsy !Since Tony Gatlif,we have been more demanding as far as gypsies are concerned :here the character is a cute chick ,talking like a young trendy and moving like a hot top model.We could have expected more from a clash between the posh bourgeois world and the gypsies one ,on the fringes of society: the scene when the police intervene ,on the garbage dump where the gypsies live ,is sheer rubbish itself.The "Légion D'Honneur" scene could have been a great put- down of this medal "which impresses the morons " (as Henri Jeanson would say)but De Broca (who may or may not have been awarded it) treats it cowardly.The end of the sequence ,when Brasseur carries Kaprisky in his arms ,will remind the director's old fans of the moment when Belmondo forces the nobles to give their jewels to his dead love Claudia Cardinale in the highly superior "Cartouche " ,but here ,politically correct,Kaprisky gives the earrings back to her rich owner.One can save ,at a pinch,one good gag: Brasseur discovers that the painting the gypsy hangs on the wall to decorate his office is a Watteau she stole from the local museum.