La Grande Bouffe
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“Fantastically perverse…If you want gross-out, this is the genuine article.”—Time Out
Perhaps the most notorious film in director Marco Ferreri's career, this pointed and perverse satire provoked controversy and outrage upon its release, and remains disgusting (and hilarious) to this day. Four well-to-do men (Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi) gather at a charming villa for a decidedly debauched feast. Three prostitutes and a kindly schoolteacher (Andréa Ferreol) join the festivities, which escalate to lethal degrees. The all-star cast gamely commits to Ferreri's comedy of disgust, which remains one of the funniest (if least appetizing) movies about food ever made.
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La Grande Bouffe (Italian: La grande abbuffata, English: The Grande Bouffe and Blow-Out) is a 1973 French–Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend for the express purpose of eating themselves to death. Bouffer is French slang for "eating" but with the added nuance of stuffing oneself... (the Italian abbuffata means "great eating").
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In the final scene in the garden - where Philipe is sitting on the bench, there is a poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney written on the bench. Many garden lovers have this poem written in their gardens. It says: "Kiss of the sun for pardon. Song of the birds for mirth. You're closer to God's heart in a garden than any place else on earth."
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