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Milou in May
Original Title
Milou en Mai...aka: May Fools- Director: Louis Malle
- Writer: Louis Malle; Jean-Claude Carrière
- Producer: Louis Malle; Vincent Malle
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The vulgarity of a funeral and its aftermath.
What starts off being a quirky comment rapidly becomes a dismally contrived mess - as a reflection on the political unrest of the time, it falls short from making a valid point.
Each character is vile - without compassion. The result is an intense anger from being forced to watch these degenerates.
Malle made his point and it's neither pleasant nor enjoyable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Like Vanya, in Malle's last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. The brother who is the London correspondent for Le Monde keeps turning up the volume of the radio for the latest news. A deceased sister's interest in the estate is represented by a niece who is an antique dealer, who is most interested in grandmother's emerald ring that Milou's daughter Camille has already slipped on her finger. A non-relative, a truck driver who can't deliver his load of tomatoes in Paris, brings a nephew who was part of the uprising. Everyone is on strike and the matriarch can't be buried.
Cast & Characters
Miou-Miou as Camille;
Michel Piccoli as Milou;
Michel Duchaussoy as Georges;
Bruno Carette as Grimaldi;
Paulette Dubost as Mrs. Vieuzac;
Harriet Walter as Lily;
Martine Gautier as Adele;
Rozenne Le Tallec as Marie-Laure;
Jeanne Herry as Francoise;
Renaud Danner as Pierre-Alain