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Synopsis: In a nutshell, this pic is active a blank man dissembling to be gay in charge to hang on to his job. And no, this is not an report of how outgoing business executive Valdimir Putin will move to drive in the Russian administration (in baggage you were questioning).

When François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil), a dull, unmarried businessperson exploitable at a rubberised factory, overhears a beastly partaker of upper headship (Gérard Depardieu) raise that he's give or take a few to be fired, his new neighbor Belone (Michel Aumont) comes up near a conceive.

Taking positive aspect of the state-of-the-art values of the recent era, Belone digitally alters quite a few outrageously gay photographs, anonymously sends them to Pignon's company, and makes it turn up as then again the unassuming Pignon is an out- of-the-closet flamer.

Human supplies decides not to can Pignon after all, for fright of creating PR troubles by production the corporation seem to be strict towards homosexuals.

Grateful in the succinct run, Pignon in two shakes of a lamb's tail learns there are unintended knock-on effect to this job. Rumors and whispers begin, and shortly a grownup of characters get involved in a humorous, PC-laden bog of misunderstandings and lies.

The Good: The brilliant Daniel Auteuil someway makes a boring, old small fry into a gripping and magnetic advocator.

And the multi-use Gérard Depardieu, glorious too for his melodramatic exploits, is very funny as an asinine glob who may be hiding several latent issues of his own.

Equally fun is how Francis Veber's The Closet incorporates comprehensive geographical point themes specified as gossip, scuttlebutt spreading, and associate issues into the subject matter. Of all the other lateral characters portrayal Pignon's office-mates, I'm definite we'd all be competent to imperfection at least one who behaves similar somebody we trade next to in indisputable beingness.

The dynamic of sex activity is treated with respect, colorful upon simply enough, but never shoved in your obverse next to art-house haughtiness. In else words, disturbance numerical quantity for the benefit of state hurtful is not found present.

But best ever of all is the light-hearted explanation on our fixation near political correctness, and how it in reality makes us more, not less, judgmental of those who are diverse. Pignon's behavior never changes after the rumors get started. It's the percept of him that does, and unexpectedly he becomes the utmost riveting human at the joint venture.

The Bad: There are umpteen divergent characters in The Closet, and the tenderloin description in relation to Gérard Depardieu's character, tho' entertaining at first, comes ambient to taking the narrative off-focus.

Since the picture besides has to address opposite surround of Pignon's life, specified as his association with his alienated adult female and son, his boss, and his run-ins next to high management, the story does unhurried down a tiny bit after a excessive move into.

Who would close to this movie: This is clearly a foreign film for any person who has any worked, or is presently on the job in cell hell on earth. Daniel Auteuil is fun to watch, and even then again the moving-picture show takes leave in France, you'll have no dilemma relating to the jokes and themes since they employ to issues here in the US as fit.

The Closet is an amusing, light, and gratifying bit of hilarity beside ability and wit.

(3 stars out of 4)

Made in: France
Language: French
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Daniell Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Aumont, Alexandra Vandernoot, Michèle Laroque
Year: 2001