Sunday, December 06, 2020

Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)

 English title: She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

A housemaid learns compromising information about one of her employers and reveals it to another; she goes on doing that with all three of them; that entails mutual blackmailing among those employers.

Nonsensical farce which does not shy away from vulgarity but is mildly funny, though a bit too monotonous. The title is funny too, but has nothing to do with the film; the protagonist is a smoker and an occasional drinker; her talking is calculated and essential to the plot, rather than the annoying kind that is the product of an uncontrollable urge, as the title seems to imply; she indeed does not flirt but that is neither here nor there; in short, it is a deceitful title, perhaps intended at enticing a certain kind of audience.

Rating: 40

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