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Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975)

96 min · Satire, Tragicomedy

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Directors

Robert Benayoun

Cast

Jane Birkin, Richard Leduc, Raymond Bussières, Georges Mansart, Roland Dubillard, Andréa Ferréol, Serge Gainsbourg, Michael Lonsdale, Pierre Étaix, Isabelle Huppert, Francis Perrin, Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jean-Luc Bideau

Ariane, Bruno, and Patrice take their three-way relationship on a whim-led summer road trip across France, where they meet a series of unusual people.

The story

Ariane, Bruno, and Patrice live together in a three-way relationship and set off by car for a summer holiday, roaming the roads of France wherever their whims lead. Their encounters are as unusual as their relationship: a desperate man lying across the road who wants to end his life by reimagining Christ’s death; a lonely lover waiting for a woman he has never met; and a woman dressed all in white, mourning her deceased Black husband.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Ariane, Bruno, and Patrice live together on love, fresh water, and pleasure. For their summer vacation, they set off by car at random along the roads of France, going wherever their whims take them. The people they meet are as unusual and surprising as their three-way relationship: a desperate man lying across the road who wants to end his life by reimagining the death of Christ; a lonely lover waiting in the middle of the road for the woman he has never met; and a woman dressed all in white, thereby mourning her deceased Black husband.

Genres

Satire, Tragicomedy

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