{"id":3807,"date":"2007-08-01T11:49:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T18:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2021-11-13T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T07:12:07","slug":"cousin-cousine-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3807","title":{"rendered":"Cousin, Cousine (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What we have is extraordinary&#8230; It has to stay that way.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Poster.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter meeting at a family wedding, a woman (Marie-Christine Barrault) and her distant cousin (Victor Lanoux) become friends and then lovers, while their philandering spouses (Guy Marchand and Marie-France Pisier) get increasingly jealous.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis lilting French comedy &#8212; essentially a tale of romantic revenge &#8212; is listed as a cult movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, and was remade in 1989 as <em>Cousins<\/em>, starring Isabella Rossellini and Ted Danson. It&#8217;s easy to understand why American audiences were so taken with it, given that it represents a decidedly &#8220;European&#8221; approach to love and marriage &#8212; one which allows for an unconventional, free-spirited attitude towards extra-marital affairs. From the beginning of the film, we&#8217;re made to sympathize with the long-suffering Barrault and Lanoux, who accept their spouses&#8217; philandering with an air of insouciant sadness; once they discover their attraction for one another other, we can&#8217;t help but cheer them on, because their spouses <em>deserve <\/em>to worry and wonder. A frothy souffle, but worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A light-hearted look at infidelity and sexual mores in the 1970s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2-1536x931.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousine-Still2.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Marchand breaking things off with his six extra-marital lovers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup-1536x951.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Cousin-Cousin-Breakup.png 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0072826\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/07\/26\/archives\/screen-a-winning-cousin-cousinenew-french-comedy-is-tenant-at-paris.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/cousin-cousine-1976\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What we have is extraordinary&#8230; It has to stay that way.&#8221; Synopsis: After meeting at a family wedding, a woman (Marie-Christine Barrault) and her distant cousin (Victor Lanoux) become friends and then lovers, while their philandering spouses (Guy Marchand and Marie-France Pisier) get increasingly jealous. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Infidelity Romantic Comedy Review: This lilting French comedy &#8212; essentially a tale of romantic revenge &#8212; is listed as a cult movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3807\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3807"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78283,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions\/78283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}