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Sitcom

Controversial Classics • Crime, Drama, Thriller, UR

When the father of a stereotypical middle-class French family brings home a pet rat, he triggers a surge of orgies, incest and murder within his prim and polished suburban home. François Ozon (Swimming Pool) displays hints of Luis Buñuel and John Waters in his anarchic takedown of the middle-class, flipping family relations and pushing them to the extreme. They should have got a dog.

Tags
Family, Relationships, Desires
Cast
Évelyne Dandry Hélène, the mother
François Marthouret Jean, the father
Marina de Van Sophie, the daughter
Adrien de Van Nicolas, the son
Stéphane Rideau David
Crew
François Ozon director

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