La grande bouffe

"An experience that hammers your sensibilities."

May 22 1973 NC-17 2h 10m
Comedy, Drama

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

Plot

Four middle-aged friends and members of the professional bourgeoisie, Ugo, a chef and restaurant owner, Marcello, an incorrigible womanizer and Alitalia pilot, Michel, a delicate television producer, and Philippe, a venerable magistrate, gather for a debaucherous weekend at the latter's Parisian villa. There, as the four men prepare for a Romanesque feast, truckloads of fine food and wine arrive, accompanied by three elegant and lithe prostitutes. Without a doubt, the rapacious and degraded hedonists are determined to eat themselves to death, one elaborate morsel after another, nevertheless, for what reason?

Written by

Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona, Francis Blanche

Directed by

Marco Ferreri

Production Countries

Italy, France

Production Companies

Mara Films, Films 66, Capitolina Produzioni Cinematografiche

Languages

Français, Italiano

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
15,699
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA