Cookies(French:Les Galettes de Pont-Aven,"TheGalettesofPont-Aven") is aFrenchdrama filmdirected by Joël Séria.
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| Directed by | Joël Séria |
| Screenplay by | Joël Séria |
| Produced by | Eric Geiger |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Cinematography | Marcel Combes |
| Edited by | Etiennette Muse |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | FRF2 million[2] |
Plot
editHenri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a middle-aged travelling umbrella salesman fromSaumurwho lives a sexless and unhappy married life with his puritan wife (Gi sắc le Grimm) and two children. Painting is the only true passion of Henri but he also has anaffection for female buttocks.One night, on the roads ofBrittanyhe hits a boar with his car. Émile (Bernard Fresson), a rude and carefree painter who lives in a cottage nearRiec-sur-Belonmeets Henri and invites him to stay at his house while the car is being fixed. Henri falls in love with Émile's Canadian live-in girlfriend Angela (Dolores McDonough) who draws Henri's attention with her beautiful buttocks. Henri and Angela leave Émile after a violent confrontation and move to Pont-Aven, 'the city of painters'. Angela encourages Henri to continue his life as a painter and he sees this as an opportunity to leave his earlier life behind. However, one day Angela suddenly leaves him and disappears, and Henri becomes a drunkard, butt of jokes in the town, and a painter unable to sell a single painting. Marie (Jeanne Goupil), the teenage maid working at thepensionHenri stays, is apparently in love with him but he seems to neglect her because his mind is too occupied with Angela. However, at akermessewhere the two singKenavobyThéodore Botrel,Henri faces his true feelings for Marie. He finds pure love and a pair of beautiful buttocks in her and decides to make a new start in his life. Eventually, Henri and Marie begin to live together and are seen happily selling galettes and toffee apples on aNévezbeach.
Cast
edit- Jean-Pierre Marielleas Henri Serin
- Claude Piépluas Monsieur Loyan, the pilgrim
- Romain Bouteille as the monk
- Jeanne Goupil as Marie Guédèc
- Dolores McDonough as Angela
- Andréa Ferréolas Madame Liquois
- Bernard Fressonas Émile
- Martine Ferrière as the pilgrim's sister
- Gi sắc le Grimm as Madame Serin
- Dominique Lavanantas Marie Pape
- Nathalie Drivet as Ida
- Agnès Van Waerbeke as the naked girl
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 1976 | César Award | Best Actor | Jean-Pierre Marielle | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Andréa Ferréol | Nominated |
References
editExternal links
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