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The Closet, originally titled Le Placard, is a 2001 French comedy film directed and written by Francis Veber. Produced by Gaumont with Patrice Ledoux and Alain Poiré, the movie features a cast including Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, and Jean Rochefort. The narrative is set in France and follows a factory worker. Vladimir Cosma composed the score, and Luciano Tovoli served as director of photography.
The film was distributed by Miramax and Netflix in video on demand format. It has a runtime of 84 minutes and received an R rating. Critical reception includes an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 72 Metascore, and a 7/10 score. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 18,590 votes. The production companies involved include EFVE, Canal+, and TF1 Films Production.
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Within Vinony's link graph, The Closet is referenced by 44 other articles, and connects out to Gaumont, Le Dîner de Cons and Switzerland.
Vinony files it under 2001 comedy films, 2001 films and 2001 French films.
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Film · TMDB
6.4A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Cast
- Daniel Auteuil as François Pignon
- Gérard Depardieu as Félix Santini
- Thierry Lhermitte as Guillaume, the Director of Public Relations
- Michèle Laroque as Miss Bertrand
- Michel Aumont as Belone, le voisin de Pignon
- Jean Rochefort as Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
Themes
- factory worker
- coming out
- factory
- condom
- bluff
- kündigung
- male homosexuality
- neighbor
- pretending to be gay
- gay theme
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
18,590 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Francis Veber
- Screenwriter
- Francis Veber
- Composer
- Vladimir Cosma
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Luciano Tovoli
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 337643
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/the-closet
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- publication date
- 2001-11-29
- title
- Le Placard
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 72/100
- Commons category
- Le Placard
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