Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

– Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1978
Original Name:
Préparez vos mouchoirs
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) - Also known as Préparez vos mouchoirs

Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book arranged in alphabetical order, Stephane fails to cheer Solange. She knits. She does housework. Everyone, including their neighbor a vegetable vendor, agrees that she needs a child, yet she fails to get pregnant by either lover. The three take a job running a kids' summer camp where they meet Christian, the precocious 13-year-old son of the local factory manager. It is Christian who restores Solange to laughter

Release Date:

17 Dec 1978

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Writer:

Bertrand Blier

Main Actors:

Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Michel Serrault

Plot:

Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book arranged in alphabetical order, Stephane fails to cheer Solange. She knits. She does housework. Everyone, including their neighbor a vegetable vendor, agrees that she needs a child, yet she fails to get pregnant by either lover. The three take a job running a kids' summer camp where they meet Christian, the precocious 13-year-old son of the local factory manager. It is Christian who restores Solange to laughter.

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Cohen Media Group

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%