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The fact that the family business produces umbrellas will of course recall Deneuve’s performance in Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and although this detail comes from the original play, it is another factor which makes Deneuve really the only possible casting and adds to the sense of ancestor worship. It is impossible to watch her, especially her scenes with the hefty Dépardieu, without a smile at all the engineered absurdity.
It is, however, an absurdity carried off with great style, technique and narrative flair. Finally, Mme Pujol comes to nurse political ambitions, and there is something that might almost be called Thatcherite in her bearing, were it not that these Anglo-Saxon influences are really quite alien. You need a sweet tooth for this film, but Ozon does pastiche and style very well, and manages to bring Potiche to life more effectively than his other comparable piece, Eight Women (2001). A little over-extended, perhaps, and weighed down a little by theatrical origins, but a tremendously elegant piece of fun.
One of the most enjoyable branches of Fran?ois Ozon’s film-making is his fondness for theatrical farce and borderline hysterical camp. It may come off a bit wonky in 8 Women (2002) but that film did at least introduce him to Catherine Deneuve; together they have whipped up the delightful fondant that is Potiche, loosely adapted
Potiche has proven massively popular in France, and it’s easy to see why. A frothy, farcical comedy about women’s empowerment staring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve and based on an already well-loved stage play, the ticket machines must have been spewing out the paper on opening night.
Like many French films, Potiche is obsessed with class, but approaches the topic in an overtly absurdest manner. Deneuve plays an aging trophy wife, Suzanne (the potiche of the film’s title), who in 1977 has very little to do other than jog about in her candy-coloured tracksuit, cooing at the local wildlife, and writing bad poetry. [ watch Potiche online ]
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