The Comedy of Work
- This is a past program
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Luc Moullet: A Retrospective. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Le Litre de lait (2006)
A neighbor’s simple walk to buy milk from a rural dairy farm triggers existential dread in Luc Moullet’s knowing deconstruction of horror genre cues and cliches.
DCP, color, in French with English subtitles, 14 min. Director: Luc Moullet, Arlette Buvat. Screenwriter: Luc Moullet. With: Iliana Lolic, Lucas Harari, Claire Bouanich.
The Comedy of Work (La Comédie du travail, 1987)
New digital restoration!
A professional layabout who scams unemployment to fund his mountain climbing hobby has his carefully arranged leisure disrupted by an amorous employment agent who lands him a job he doesn’t want at the expense of a diligent, laid-off banker who desperately needs it. This droll take on the drudgery of work and work required to avoid it was the 50-year-old Luc Moullet’s sixth feature which didn’t stop him from winning the Jean Vigo Prize at Cannes, an award traditionally given to young directors early in their careers.
DCP, b&w, in French with English subtitles, 88 min. Director: Luc Moullet. Screenwriter: Luc Moullet. With: Roland Blanche, Sabine Haudepin, Henri Déus.
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