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Santa Claus Is a Stinker
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Wikipedia article
'Santa Claus Is a Stinker' or 'Le pre Nol est une ordure' is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poir in 1982.
Plot
Pierre, a stuffy and self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people, and his well-meaning but nave co-worker Thrse, are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office, much to their displeasure.
The building's lift is malfunctioning, and they receive visits from unwanted callers: Katia, a depressed transvestite who tries to hit on Pierre; M. Preskovitch who lives in the same building and always turns up unexpectedly to offer them various unappetizing pastries; and Josette, a heavily pregnant woman on the run from her violent fianc Flix. Flix is working as a Santa Claus during the season and turns up on her trail in costume, brandishing a gun. Flix and Josette, a caricature trailer trash couple, end up struggling over the gun and accidentally shoot the lift repairman dead, whom they then butcher and feed to zoo animals.
The origin of the doubitchous
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The pastries used in the film are a creation of Josiane Balasko who had travelled to Osijek, in Croatia, the birthplace of her father. During her stay the actress discovered funny local specialties which gave her the inspiration of the doubitchous of the movie.
The painting used in the movie
The painting depicting Thrse with a pig used in the film is different from the one used for theatre version '. Two different artists have painted the two pieces: Bernard de Desnoyers and .Interview du peintre E. Bardolle, lve de l'cole d'Etampes.
Today the painting that was used to shoot the film is in the hands of its author, Bernard de Desnoyers, who has kept the work.http://lescopainsd-abord.over-blog.com/article-the-father-christmas-is-a-junk-pictures-of-wings-and-secrets-of-film-by-nath-didile-121008354.html
English (US) remake of the film
In 1994 the basic plot was used by writer/director Nora Ephron to develop the US film 'Mixed Nuts'.
Cast
*Anmone as Thrse
*Thierry Lhermitte as Pierre Mortez
*Marie-Anne Chazel as Josette
*Grard Jugnot as Flix
*Christian Clavier as Katia
*Josiane Balasko as Madame Musquin
*Bruno Moynot as Preskovitch
*Jacques Franois as The Pharmacist
*Martin Lamotte as Monsieur Lebl
*Michel Blanc (voice only) as an obscene crank caller
References
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