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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

The Delicious Anarchy of Love and Devotion

19786.61h 48m

Overview

Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

Directed by Bertrand Blier
Written by Bertrand Blier
Produced by Paul Claudon, Alexandre Mnouchkine, Georges Dancigers
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Top Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Raoul

Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere

Stéphane

Carole Laure

Carole Laure

Solange

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

le voisin

Eléonore Hirt

Eléonore Hirt

Mme Beloeil

Jean Rougerie

Jean Rougerie

M. Beloeil

Riton Liebman

Riton Liebman

Christian Beloeil

Sylvie Joly

Sylvie Joly

la passante

Michel Beaune

Michel Beaune

Le docteur Rue

Liliane Rovère

Liliane Rovère

La barmaid

Themes & Keywords

husband wife relationship1970sbisexualityclassical musicstricken

About Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs is a romance, comedy, drama film released in 1978 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, 1970s, bisexuality, classical music, stricken. Directed by Bertrand Blier, it stars Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure. Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

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