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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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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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