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26-550: Bertrand Blier ( French: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ blje] ; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards . He is the son of French actor Bernard Blier . His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival . His 2005 film How Much Do You Love Me?

52-512: A boys' camp in the summer, where they meet a 13-year-old math prodigy named Christian Belœil, who is bullied by the other boys. Solange becomes protective of Christian and one night lets him sleep in her bed. She awakes to find Christian exploring her body and scolds him. They make up and have sex, despite the drastic age difference. Afterwards, Solange becomes dependent on the boy, to the point where Raoul, Stéphane, and she kidnap him from his boarding school. Christian eventually impregnates her, and

78-468: A half stars and calls it "disarming" and "highly unconventional." Arion Berger writes that "to experience Get Out Your Handkerchiefs is to watch a master at the peak of his powers." According to Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film , French Canadian actress Carole Laure was "permanently eroticized" by Get Out Your Handkerchiefs and her music career, as having "reinvented the screen goddess." An Epinions critic wrote " Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

104-406: A literary film. There is a lot of talk, sometimes good, but often edgy and too often pointless in lieu of a more robust visual dynamism and life." People wrote the humour could be "downright incomprehensible" and "so airy it floats right off the screen." Time Out called it "an erratic, often hilarious movie." In his 2002 Movie & Video Guide , Leonard Maltin gives the film three and

130-707: A minor. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs received generally positive reviews in the United States, with some concerns about sexism . David Denby , writing for New York magazine, praised Get Out Your Handkerchiefs as "courageous and enjoyable" and made in the spirit of the French New Wave . Richard Fuller, writing for Cincinnati , gave it three and a half stars and said it was "a joy to spend time with," though he objected to Mozart's music being overly loud. Variety wrote that "a rather bizarre mixture of gritty comedy, satire and delving into female status makes this

156-459: Is good for some laughs while flaunting somewhat outrageous disregard for standard sexual mores." Get Out Your Handkerchiefs has an approval rating of 83% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . After four ballots, the National Society of Film Critics named it

182-403: Is in the bar with Bernadette. Mention of a conductor named Gervase de Brumer is a reference to Gervase de Peyer . While writing the script, Blier planned to use actors Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere as the leads, having previously worked with them on Going Places (1974). The familiarity meant the men were comfortable together. Blier discovered Riton Liebman , who was 13 years old at

208-413: Is married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs The film tells the story of a ménage à trois in which two men share a woman to cure her of an unexplained depression, with many symptoms. Eventually, she begins an affair with an underage boy. The film employs heavy references to historical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , combined with

234-437: Is puzzled by Raoul's plan, but gives in to his desperate appeals for help. The two men take turns sleeping with Solange, and both try to impregnate her without success, believing a lack of a child to be the source of her depression. Stéphane also shares his love for the music of Mozart and Pocket Books with the two and their neighbourhood grocer. The music inspires the men, but not Solange. Raoul, Solange, and Stéphane work at

260-463: Is showcase of the season's most anticipated and significant films. The Revivals section showcases important works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners. Talks features in-depth conversations with filmmakers, critics, curators, and more. The NYFF's first programmer, Richard Roud , was recruited by Lincoln Center President William Schuman in 1962. Boston-born Roud

286-614: The Best Film of 1978, with it also picking up 25 points for Best Screenplay . The Best Film honour was considered a surprise, with People objecting the award was "downright incomprehensible." The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list. New York Film Festival The New York Film Festival ( NYFF ) is a film festival held every fall in New York City , presented by Film at Lincoln Center . Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with

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312-457: The Main Slate, tracing a more complete picture of contemporary cinema with an emphasis on new and innovative forms and voices. This section is the only one at the festival which presents short films. The selection team of Currents section consists of Dennis Lim (Chair), Aily Nash (is also Head of shorts programming), Rachael Rakes, and Tyler Wilson (is also Head of shorts programming). Spotlight

338-535: The NYFF selection committee, Peña led his final year at NYFF in 2012, during the festival's 50th presentation. After Richard Peña's departure, Robert Koehler briefly took over year-round programming duties, while Kent Jones, who left The Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2009 to serve as Executive Director of the World Cinema Foundation , returned to lead NYFF. Jones began his programming career at Film Forum and

364-592: The festival program is divided into the following sections: The Main Slate is the Festival's primary section, a program typically featuring 25–30 feature-length films, intending to reflect the current state of cinema. The program is a mix of major international art house films from the festival circuit, new discoveries, and studio releases targeting awards season. The studio films are often selected as Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night presentations. Currents complements

390-581: The film ends with Raoul and Stéphane walking away after serving six months in prison. Director Bertrand Blier wrote the screenplay "from the middle", starting by writing the scene where Raoul and Stéphane fantasize about meeting Mozart. Blier considered using an actor to portray Mozart in a historically-appropriate costume for the scene. Collaborating with the film's composer Georges Delerue, Blier employed Mozart's string chamber music in scenes such as where Stéphane and Solange are first seen in bed, followed by using Mozart's G minor string quintet when Raoul

416-451: The film. It was a success in the United States, considered a surprise given the taboo subject matter of a woman in a relationship with a minor. Texas Monthly writer George Morris reported it was the most discussed film of the New York festival, because of the perceived sexist portrayal of Carole Laure as a " sex object ," expressing surprise the controversy was not in relation to sex with

442-504: The music of the film's composer Georges Delerue , who won the César Award for Best Original Music . Get Out Your Handkerchiefs was a critical success. Raoul and his wife Solange are eating in a restaurant when Raoul expresses concern with Solange's apparent depression, as she eats little, suffers migraines and insomnia, and also sometimes faints. He finds another man in the room, Stéphane, to be her lover and hopefully enliven her. Stéphane

468-454: The next year. Vogel resigned from his position as Festival Director in 1968. Though Roud was previously designated Program Director, he presided over the festival from 1969 to 1987. Roud's 25 years at the festival were characterized by a focus on the European art cinema of the postwar years and the rise of auteurism. Richard Peña, then 34, took over as lead programmer in 1988. The Queens native

494-460: The non-competitive format, the post-screening director Q&As, and the festival's strict selectivity – while also working to expand NYFF's somewhat Eurocentric focus. Filmmakers like Hou Hsiao-hsien , Manoel de Oliveira , Leos Carax , Raúl Ruiz , and Krzystof Kieslowski were introduced to NYFF audiences during the Roud era, and became regulars under Peña. After 25 years as Program Director and head of

520-497: The support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman , it is one of the longest-running and most prestigious film festivals in the United States. It is a non-competitive festival centered on a "Main Slate" of typically 20–30 feature films, with additional sections for experimental cinema and new restorations. Dennis Lim is the Artistic Director for NYFF. Kent Jones was the festival director from 2013 to 2019. As of 2020,

546-425: The time, and cast him as Christian in the film, where he is credited simply as Riton. While Liebman said he had strained relations with Depardieu and Dewaere, Blier defended him during filming. In reference to the scene where Carole Laure undresses in front of the kid, Bertrand Blier said: "We were shooting take after take without ever being satisfied. We had the impression that the scene was obscene, vulgar. Everyone

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572-549: Was 33 years old at the time and based in London where he worked as a film critic for The Guardian and programmed the London Film Festival . Though Roud maintained his home base in London, he recruited Amos Vogel of the legendary Cinema 16 film club as his New York–based co-programmer. The first edition of the festival opened on September 10, 1963, with Luis Buñuel 's The Exterminating Angel and closed on September 19. It

598-503: Was a success and almost all screenings nearly sold out. The festival also included films screened at the Museum of Modern Art that had not been shown in the United States previously, including Akira Kurosawa 's I Live in Fear and Point of Order . In 1966, Roud and Vogel formed the festival's first selection committee, consisting of Arthur Knight and Andrew Sarris ; Susan Sontag was added

624-575: Was already an accomplished film historian, academic, and programmer. Prior to his work with NYFF, he worked at the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Peña came to NYFF as a seasoned festival-goer who held Roud in high esteem. During his stint as programmer (which also listed 25 years), Peña honored the festival's traditions and unique character – retaining the selection committee process,

650-498: Was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press. With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he has a daughter named Béatrice. He also has a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg . He

676-512: Was unhappy, from the actors to the stagehands. And then suddenly, on the ninth take, the miracle: a collective relief, the certainty that this time 'it would work'. It was this take that was obviously chosen and it is true that it has a certain grace..." The film had a total of 1,321,087 admissions in France. It played at the New York Film Festival , where the audience clapped and hissed at

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