Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

★ 6.6IMDb Score
Released:1978-01-11
Duration:108 min
Director:Bertrand Blier
Actors:Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hirt
Production:CAPAC, Belga Films

Overview:

Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

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