Enfants de salaud

Enfants de salaud is a very funny comedy! There are three middleaged women and one man, Sylvette , Sophie, Susan and Sandro, and they all don´t know who and where their father is. Some day they all see him in the newspaper, he is a murderer! All four come to the process and meet the others by chance. All persons have a very different character, the only thing that links them is their father and so everyone pursues another aim. Sylvette wants the money. Sophie doesn´t know, what she should think about all that. Susan wants to find out, if cruelty can be inherited and Sandro wants to forget all this. All these episodes are mixed to a really funny and crazy story!

I was driven to watch this stupidity by a completely false review in a TV magazine. Although I had already been disappointed with Tonie Marshall's previous appearances or directions, I chose to see it because of Jean Yanne, who is one of my favorite actors. It took three countries (France, Belgium and Switzerland), six production outfits, two national sponsors and gratuities from Danielle Darrieux, Claudia Cardinale and Gena Rowlands, to raise enough money for this stupidity. Jean Yanne must have been in awful need of dollars to accept his few lightning appearances - although the part suited him perfectly - in such a badly conceived and directed movie. The only light in this darkness was the brief appearance of Mapi (Maria Pia? Marie-Pierre?) Galàn, in the first minutes of this movie. I see from her IMDB filmography that she can be seen in quite a lot of films, wish I could see that wonderful woman again. I am told that Tonie Marshall did a good job with her last production, VENUS BEAUTE, and I see she's got another on the way. I sincerely don't want to watch neither of the two. Most of the actors, however, including Yanne, Baye, Cluzet and Anémone, were at their best.Except Molly Ringwald: I see she has her bunch of fans, count me out, please. harry carasso, paris, france

The scenario is as thin as cigarette paper, it's neither funny nor realistic. The performers are all good actresses and good actors, but here they don't believe in what they're playing so they all play like potatoes. This film disappointed me deeply. The most ridiculous thing is when Anémone thinks she can imitate Sylvie Vartan!