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Le Grand Amour (1969)83 minComedy, RomanceRating 55/100

Despite having a loving and patient wife at home, a good-natured suit-and-tie man, played by writer-director Pierre Etaix, finds himself hopelessly attracted to his gorgeous new secretary in this gently satirical tale of temptation. From this simple, standard premise, Etaix weaves a constantly surprising web of complexly conceived jokes. LE GRAND AMOUR is a cutting, nearly Buñuelian takedown of the bourgeoisie that somehow doesn’t have a mean bone in its body.

Cast: Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Nicole Calfan, Alain Janey, Ketty France, Louis Maïss, Jacqueline Rouillard

Director: Pierre Étaix