{"id":7546,"date":"2009-06-18T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2020-12-27T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:17:47","slug":"get-out-your-handkerchiefs-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7546","title":{"rendered":"Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just give up on me? I&#8217;ve jinxed every guy I&#8217;ve known.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster-691x1024.png 691w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Get-Out-Your-Handkerchiefs-Poster.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe husband (Gerard Depardieu) of a depressed woman (Carole Laure) finds her another lover (Patrick Dewaere) in an attempt to make her happy, but it&#8217;s not until 13-year-old Christian (Riton Liebman) arrives in their lives that Laure finds her emotions stirred for the first time in years.\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>Bertrand Blier Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Gerard Depardieu Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOne expects nothing less than sheer romantic anarchy when watching a Bertrand Blier film, and <em>Get Out Your Handkerchiefs<\/em> &#8212; a dark satire which won an Oscar as Best Foreign Film of the year &#8212; is no exception. Blier fearlessly posits that the attainment of true love and happiness is seldom (if ever) possible through &#8220;traditional&#8221; arrangements, then explores what the ramifications of following one&#8217;s heart rather than social conventions might look like. His characters rarely act the way we expect them to &#8212; as demonstrated here by Depardieu&#8217;s Raoul, who genuinely loves his melancholic wife so much that he will gladly give up sole &#8220;ownership&#8221; of her if bringing a new lover into the mix will make her happy. As it turns out, however, rather than sparking any kind of renewed emotions in Solange (Laure), Stephane (Dewaere) ultimately brings more joy as a companion to Raoul (indeed, the potency and fulfillment of male friendship is another theme Blier seems intent on exploring in his films &#8212; though he wouldn&#8217;t take this to its logical homoerotic conclusion until later on, in films like 1986&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5862\"><em>Menage<\/em><\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>More so than any other director, Blier seems utterly unafraid to demonstrate his incomprehensibility of women. Here, Solange is a literal archetype of feminine mystique &#8212; a beautiful woman so low in affect, and so single-mindedly focused on getting pregnant and knitting, that Dewaere openly questions at one point whether she might actually just be <em>dumb<\/em>. As noted above, she ultimately becomes merely a passive foil for Raoul and Stephane&#8217;s friendship &#8212; she&#8217;s a project they work on together feverishly, collaborating like giddy schoolboys. Once Liebman&#8217;s 13-year-old Christian enters the story, however, things take on a decidedly discomfiting tinge, and viewers applauding themselves for accepting the unconventional love triangle established thus far may find their sense of propriety tweaked, as it eventually becomes apparent that Liebman will function as a weirdly Freudian child-love interest for Solange. Liebman is fabulous in an undeniably tricky role: he projects otherworldly maturity in spades, and is clearly meant to come across as the &#8220;oldest&#8221; (emotionally-speaking) of the three central males in the film. The story&#8217;s denouement, naturally, takes on all sorts of wild and unexpected turns, and may or may not feel satisfying &#8212; but at the very least, Blier lives up to his reputation as an auteur who&#8217;s unafraid to go where few others will dare. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depardieu and Dewaere as Raoul and Stephane<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-depardieu-dewaere.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-depardieu-dewaere.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7548\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carole Laure as Solange<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-laure.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-laure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7549\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Riton Liebman as Christian<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-liebman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-liebman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7550\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blier&#8217;s utterly unique (naturally!) screenplay<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-screenplay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/get-out-screenplay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7551\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an Oscar-winning film by a maverick filmmaker. Listed as a film with historical importance and a cult movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078122\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9B03EFDA1E30E632A2575BC1A9649D946990D6CF\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1790&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/preparez-vos-mouchoirs-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just give up on me? I&#8217;ve jinxed every guy I&#8217;ve known.&#8221; Synopsis: The husband (Gerard Depardieu) of a depressed woman (Carole Laure) finds her another lover (Patrick Dewaere) in an attempt to make her happy, but it&#8217;s not until 13-year-old Christian (Riton Liebman) arrives in their lives that Laure finds her emotions stirred for the first time in years. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bertrand Blier Films French Films Gerard Depardieu Films Love Triangle Marital Problems May-December&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7546\"> 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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7546","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\/7546","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=7546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60046,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7546\/revisions\/60046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}