Jean Renoir had already filmed this riotously funny play in 1931;it was his first talkie and he was reportedly delighted to let us hear the sound of a flush! Thanks to two Monstres Sacrés ,Jeanette Hubert's MTV effort compares favorably with that of her illustrious predecessor.
Bernard Blier ,as Monsieur Follavoine ,is meek,under the yoke of a bad-tempered wife and overtaken by events .
Danielle Darrieux ,as Julie Follavoine,is a shrew ,and although a bourgeois,she looks like a Concierge with her bucket and her broom.
Madame Follavoine 's problem is serious!Bébé did not have a bowel movement and he needs to be purged .As he does not want to have his spoonful of laxative,mama suggest daddy drink a full glass of it.
But Monsieur Follavoine is expecting Monsieur Chouilloux for an important deal which concerns national defense:the visitor is to buy from him chamber pots for the soldiers' comfort in their barracks .
This is a crazy story in which a constipated brat launches a series of catastrophes and mistaken identities ,involving cuckolds , the soldiers' fate ,and an industrial trying to prove his pot is unbreakable .
Riotously funny indeed!
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