On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his married life through various erotic experiences. Claude asks his wife to share with him the audacity he dreams of. Soon, the household meets a dentist and his wife and is engaged, without much success, to new discoveries. Isabelle, full of good will, tries to follow her husband ...
Acting
Juliet Berto's patient exasperation carries every scene.
Direction
Berri directing himself into increasingly absurd situations.
Director
Claude Berri
Claude Berri
Claude
Juliet Berto
Isabelle
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Lucien
Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Lulu
Jacques Martin
Bernard
Claude Piéplu
Officer
Béatrice Romand
Karin
Jacques Legras
Albert
Nathalie Delon
Jacqueline
Louisa Colpeyn
La mère d'Isabelle
Grégoire Aslan
Le père d'Isabelle
Jean Tissier
Mr. de la Grange
Catherine Allégret
Ginette
Juliette Mills
L'auteur
Elisabeth Volkmann
Muriel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during France's post-1968 sexual revolution, when 'liberation' often meant men negotiating their wives into things. The film both satirizes and embodies this tension.
Claude Berri was already a successful actor-director; this was his fourth feature. The self-casting as a hapless husband suggests some uncomfortable autobiographical processing.
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