French Twist
Director: Josiane Balasko
Genre: Comedy, LGBT, Romance Film, World cinema, Romantic drama, Romantic comedy, Satire, Gay, Gay Interest, Gay Themed, Sex comedy, Domestic Comedy, Drama
Year: 1995
Country: France
Language: French Language
Starring: Josiane Balasko, Victoria Abril, Ticky Holgado, Alain Chabat, Catherine Lachens, Catherine Samie
French Twist (French: Gazon maudit), is a 1995 French comedy film. It was written and directed by co-star Josiane Balasko. The film was a hit in France gaining 3,790,381 Admissions and grossing $1,026,646 in the United States.
Laurent (Alain Chabat) and Loli (Victoria Abril) are a thirty-ish married couple living in southern France with their young children. He is an estate agent; she is a housewife. Laurent has extramarital affairs.
Loli is unaware that her husband is unfaithful. Then one day, a campervan breaks down in front of their house. The driver is Marijo (Josiane Balasko), a 40s-ish butch lesbian who works as a DJ. She asks to use their phone. Loli has a blocked sink, so in exchange for using the phone, Marijo gets Loli's drain back in working order. Loli and Marijo begin an affair. Laurent is upset, but then his friend Antoine (Ticky Holgado) accidentally reveals Laurent's philandering to Loli. This seems to justify her romance. Marijo moves into the house.
Antoine then suggests that Laurent let Loli have her way, cease all hostility, and wait for the affair to burn out. Laurent agrees, and the household becomes a seemingly idyllic ménage à trois. But his strategy has its
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