Alternate title punctuation: Un éléphant, ça trompe énormément
U.S. title: Pardon Mon Affaire
Original title's translation: An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive
Second viewing; previously viewed on June 25, 2013
Previous review: click here.
"A group of middle-aged friends get together for tennis regularly. Étienne is married and has never been unfaithful; his wife decided late in life to get a Law degree. He is lovestruck by a woman who comes one day to the public service facility he works at. Simon is a doctor with an overbearing mother. Daniel is an unmarried jokester with a secret. Bouli is a chronically unfaithful husband whose wife just left him." (from my previous review)
My opinion of this movie remains largely unaltered upon this second viewing. One thing that I probably should add (and which I probably hadn't noticed earlier) is how similar in premise it is to Amici miei, released the year before in Italy. I will also add (though I doubt that I hadn't notice *this* earlier) that it is rare to find such an unjudgmental, matter-of-factly view of adultery in a movie. Perhaps it's a French thing, perhaps it's a 1970s thing, or perhaps it is both.
Rating: 58 (up from 57)
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