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Release Date: 1976

Cast: Coluche, Louis de Funès, Julien Guiomar

Categories: Movies, Satire, Comedy

L'aile ou la cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche. Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funès) is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide. After being appointed to the Académie française, Duchemin decides to retire as a restaurant critic and trains his son Gérard (Coluche) to continue the family business. However, Gérard Duchemin is more interested in his true passion—the circus—than high cuisine. Soon, however, Charles' plans to retire are complicated by the arrival of Jacques Tricatel... MORE

L'aile ou la cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche. Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funès) is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide. After being appointed to the Académie française, Duchemin decides to retire as a restaurant critic and trains his son Gérard (Coluche) to continue the family business. However, Gérard Duchemin is more interested in his true passion—the circus—than high cuisine. Soon, however, Charles' plans to retire are complicated by the arrival of Jacques Tricatel (Julien Guiomar), the owner of a company of mass-produced food. Fearing for the future of high cuisine, Charles and his son strive to ruin Tricatel's company in any way they can. This movie is an allegory of the antagonism between USA culture and French culture as it was seened by French people in the 70's. The "Duchemin Guide" is likely a reference to the real life Michelin Guide. LESS