During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.
Direction
Malle balances farce and tragedy like a tightrope walker with wine
Writing
Dialogue that bites—Marxist theory at breakfast, adultery by lunch
Costume
The costume design screams 'we have a château but make it revolutionary'
Director
Louis Malle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
May '68 was a real revolutionary moment in France; students and workers nearly toppled the government. Malle filmed in his own mother's house.
The film's genius is making the bourgeois family both ridiculous and weirdly sympathetic—you end up rooting for their selfishness.
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