Full credits Executive Producer : Claude BerriDirector : Josiane BalaskoScreenwriter : Josiane BalaskoAdaptation/Dialogue Writers : Telsche Boorman, Josiane BalaskoLine Producer : Pierre GrunsteinActors : Victoria Abril, Alain Chabat, Josiane Balasko, Ticky Holgado, Miguel Bosé, Catherine Hiegel, Catherine Samie, Catherine Lachens, Michèle Bernier, Véronique Barrault, Sylvie AudcoeurDirector of Photography : Gérard Battista (de)Sound Recordist : Pierre LenoirProduction Manager : Claude Parnet Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Josée Di Tullio Editor : Claudine MerlinProduction Designer : Carlos ContiMusic Composer : Manuel Malou Costume Designer : Fabienne KatanyStill Photographer : Bernard Prim Film production and distribution Statistics International distribution
: Theatrical releases
Mexico
: CINE ALTERNATIVO Released 1/19/96 Sweden
: Sonet Film Released 4/12/96
International distribution
: DVD releases
Technical details Feature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French Production year : 1994 French release : 08/02/1995 Runtime : 1h 45mn Current status : Released Visa issue date : 02/02/1995 Approval : Yes Color type : Color Aspect ratio : 1.85
Synopsis Laurent is married to Loli. They're an apparently happy couple. Two kids, the happy housewife, him with a good job - an estate agent in a town in the south of France - and a number of extramarital affairs that don't affect the harmony of his home life as Loli is obviously quite unaware of this philandering. And then one day this sweet harmony is cracked, for no good reason, when a woman called Marijo and her comaper break down outside their house. Laurent and Marijo have only one thing in common, but it's big : they both like women... Summary “(...) On Balasko Airlines, the service is as outrageously wild as expected. After the test flight of “Sac de noeuds”, “Les Keufs” and the crash-landing of “Ma vie est un enfer”, Balasko has hit cruising altitude, the perfect balance between frantic burlesque and self-imploding bourgeois comedy, in total complicity with her characters. In “Gazon maudit”, a film in several acts, the man is the turkey who gets a good stuffing (...)”
(Philippe Vecchi - Libération)
Festival selections Awards > Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 1996 :
- Best Original or Adapted Screenplay : Telsche Boorman > Lumiere Awards - 1996 : |