| | | A scorned wife. An outrageous affair. The perfect revenge
Features: DVD, English, Subtitled
Sassy, sexy, and utterly outrageous, this comedy treat received outstanding critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination! Saucy suburban housewife Loli is furious when she discovers her playboy husband is a wild womanizer who has been cheating on her left and right for years! But things take an unusually funny turn when the van of a tough-talking, tender-hearted woman named Marijo breaks down in front of Loli's house! From then on, expect the hilariously unexpected as Marijo and Loli's relationship develops into much more than just a friendship... and between the two of them, they devise the perfect revenge!
"Abril is delightful and explosively sexy..." Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
Husband-and-wife Laurent and Loli live with their two young sons in a quiet, upscale suburban neighborhood near Avignon. Then, one day, a seemingly minor incident turns their lives upside-down: coy, butch lesbian Marijo has car trouble in front of their home, and the friendly Loli invites her in. Laurent, who himself has been cheating on Loli with half the town, immediately accuses the two women of having an affair -- and, in revenge, reveals his own trespasses. Loli, who never suspected Laurent of infidelity, turns to Marijo for sympathy and comfort. To her surprise, she also discovers her own lesbian desires and soon Marijo and Loli are doing exactly what Laurent accused them of. The love triangle only gets funnier when Laurent tries to win back his happy and sexually satisfied wife.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | English Subtitles |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 8/5/2003 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 3090703 | | UPC: 00786936220414 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], French | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1996) | | | Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...[Balasko] is a consummate comic actress....[She gives] a subtle, intimate performance..." 03/01/1996 p.41-2Entertainment Weekly
"...Funny, breezy, erotic....It could only be baked in France." -- Rating: B 02/23/1996 p.105 New York Times
"...[A] good-natured film....[Ms. Balasko] ends FRENCH TWIST with a whole new tale of sexual turnabout ready to be told..." 01/26/1996 p.C20 Los Angeles Times
"...Exhilarating and uninhibited FRENCH TWIST just may be the funniest French comedy since LA CAGE AUX FOLLES..." 01/12/1996 p.F6 Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Comedies are not funny or unfunny because of what they're about, but because of how they're about it. French Twist is a movie about a lesbian who comes between an unhappy husband and wife, and makes them happier. That doesn't make it any funnier, or unfunnier, than a movie about a pig that thinks it's a sheep dog. Yet because this movie is French, and about sex, it will draw audiences who would never dream of going to see "Babe." And, boy, are they in for a disappointment. - Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 4 of 10
French Twist, a droll, uneven comedy from writer/director Josiane Blasko, starts fast and ends slow. In between, it offers more than a few double entendres, some farcical slapstick, and satirical jabs at the traditional male/female double standard and homophobia. With bright, endearing performances by Victoria Abril and Blasko herself, and a game effort by Alain Chabat to infuse his two-timing creep of a husband with humanity, acting is not among French Twist's weak points. Plotting, on the other hand, definitely is. - James Berardinelli
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