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Folies d'avril

Original title: The April Fools
  • 1969
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.7K
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Catherine Deneuve and Jack Lemmon in Folies d'avril (1969)
ComedyDramaRomance

A married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love wit... Read allA married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her--and finds out she's his boss' wife.A married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her--and finds out she's his boss' wife.

  • Director
    • Stuart Rosenberg
  • Writer
    • Hal Dresner
  • Stars
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Peter Lawford
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stuart Rosenberg
    • Writer
      • Hal Dresner
    • Stars
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Catherine Deneuve
      • Peter Lawford
    • 39User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    • Howard Brubaker
    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • Catherine Gunther
    Peter Lawford
    Peter Lawford
    • Ted Gunther
    Jack Weston
    Jack Weston
    • Potter Shrader
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    • Grace Greenlaw
    Charles Boyer
    Charles Boyer
    • Andre Greenlaw
    Kenneth Mars
    Kenneth Mars
    • Les Hopkins
    Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon
    • Leslie Hopkins
    Harvey Korman
    Harvey Korman
    • Matt Benson
    Sally Kellerman
    Sally Kellerman
    • Phyllis Brubaker
    Gary Dubin
    Gary Dubin
    • Stanley Brubaker
    Janice Carroll
    • Mimsy Shrader
    Dee Gardner
    • Naomi Jackson
    David Doyle
    David Doyle
    • Orlow P. Walters
    Susan Barrett
    • Singer
    Tani Guthrie
    Tani Guthrie
    • Bess Bluestone
    • (as Tani Phelps)
    Nancy Howard
    • Connie Archer
    Tom Ahearne
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    • Director
      • Stuart Rosenberg
    • Writer
      • Hal Dresner
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    User reviews39

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    managementinc

    A sweet, haunting and unique love story with two great actors.

    I saw this film years and years ago, but was listening to a "best of"

    CD the other day and heard Dionne Warwick singing the title tune

    of "The April Fools" - I remembered how much I loved this film. The

    truth to the performances of Jack Lemmon and Catherine

    Deneuvre, along with great performances from Peter Lawford and

    Sally Kellerman, makes this film a classic of the late sixties in the

    vein of Breakfast At Tiffanys. There is something pure, haunting

    and deeply bittersweet about this movie - well worth a viewing.
    bob4kate

    Critics got it wrong!

    Critics often get it wrong and this movie is proof of that. If you watch this movie in the cold and analytical way that critics often do you will see its countless flaws. But if you do this you will also miss its warmth,charm the masterly performances of its cast and a super sixties Bacharach theme song. I urge people to see it and make up their own mind. My guess is you won't fail to be touched.
    nobita

    Likeable

    The April Fools, starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve is a likeable, though not outstanding film. The film, somewhat bereft of a script, deals with Lemmon's character who arrives at his extremely trendy boss's apartment for a social gathering, which, to Lemmon's sheer amazement, is a fully-fledged swinging 60's hip shindig in classic over-40's type psychedelia. Deneuve plays the rather neglected wife of Lemmon's boss and of course the two meet at the party and do a terribly unconvincing job of falling in love. Deneuve, while pretty to look at, strolls through this film acting like she's hanging around for her agent to come up with something better. And in this film Lemmon just doesn't cut it as a romantic interest. The scene stealers are Lemmon's two drunken cohorts.

    This film is far more interesting as a time piece, however. It's fun and engaging to watch this film and see how Hollywood was interested in projecting the late '60s high-class psychedelic world. The scene where Jack Lemmon takes Catherine Deneuve to the private club which is completely fitted out like the jungle and features sexy waitresses who slink around in various animal skins, with the only way to attract their attention is to shoot them on the bottom with a cap gun, really does make you marvel at the fact that clubs like this really did exist. Ah! Those were the days....
    8wdbrown

    One of my Favorites

    I have always loved this movie, and, in many ways, relate to the Howard Brubaker character. Is it a great movie? Absolutely not. But it is romantic, humorous, and touching in many ways. This was my first glimpse of Catherine Deneuve outside of a pilfered Playboy, and she was nearly enough to make me forget Diana Rigg. I have always thought that Jack Lemmon was great, and being an old movie buff, I was very happy to see Myrna Loy and Charles Boyer.

    In many ways this film can be considered silly. Boyer's chasing of Lemmon, the total detachment of Sally Kellerman's character, the locker room style boasting of Brubaker's friends, and finally the hasty courtship and decision to flee made by Lemmon and Deneuve. But, somehow it works. The touching love of Boyer and Loy is the perfect counterpoint to the blossoming relationship of Lemmon and Deneuve. And the similar ways in which Catherine and Howard are objectified by their respective spouses (Brubaker's wife considers him a source of funding for her projects while Guenther thinks of his wife as his greatest acquisition) insures fertile ground for anything resembling true warmth and emotion.

    Don't think of this as some throwaway romantic comedy. Think of this, instead, as an Everyman's Romantic Fantasy. In reality we think not only of sex at the drop of a hat (not present in this movie), but also of meeting a beautiful woman who immediately recognizes the real man within and is willing to drop all for the love of that man.

    I love this movie.

    I remember Rex Reed saying that this was a horrible mess and that Catherine Deneuve should never make anything without English subtitles. Well, Deneuve has gone on to become one of the world's respected actresses in any language, and Reed's greatest claim to fame was appearing in Myra Breckinridge.

    Don't be afraid to give this movie a chance.
    JOHNBATES-1

    Lemmon plays a square peg in a round hole

    You have to watch this one a few times to get its rhythm. If you don't, you'll miss some gems. Jack Lemmon plays a man who finds himself disconnected from the world. No one wants to listen to him – his wife, son, boss, lawyer friend, even the family dog.

    The movie lacks punch. And one reason is the real absence of romantic chemistry between Lemmon and Deneuve. Jack Lemmon, as an actor, needs a lively romantic love interest to better match his manic style. Deneuve comes off as beautiful, wooden and lethargic. But Lemmon's acting power is undeniable. So again we're treated to the brilliant, sad clown.

    Harvey Korman and Jack Weston serve up a hilarious train ride and domestic scene. Charles Boyer's energy and wonderful voice entertain. Sally Kellerman does well epitomizing the Lemmon character's plight.

    It's a late Sixties period piece and manages to capture some of that.

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    • Trivia
      Catherine Deneuve's part was originally intended for Shirley MacLaine.
    • Quotes

      Catherine Gunther: I would like to live in a castle.

      Howard Brubaker: All alone?

      Catherine Gunther: No, with a prince.

    • Connections
      Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      The April Fools
      Music by Burt Bacharach

      Lyrics by Hal David

      Performed by Dionne Warwick

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    • Release date
      • December 31, 1969 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The April Fools
    • Filming locations
      • United Nations Plaza, 860 UN Plaza, New York City, New York, USA(Exterior entrance and lobby. Catherine and Ted's apartment)
    • Production companies
      • Jalem Productions
      • Cinema Center Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,000,000
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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