Saturday 14 March 2026 10:30
languages : vostEN locations : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
Baxter, a New York insurance employee eager for a promotion, lends his apartment to his married and unfaithful boss. On Christmas Eve, he discovers one of his colleagues, who attempted suicide, in his bed…
En dépit de son humour, c’est une critique sociale acerbe et une analyse des moeurs sexuelles de l’Amérique. Superbement photographié en CinemaScope, le film mêle habilement plusieurs genres, en commençant en satire, se transformant en drame poignant puis finissant en comédie sentimentale.
1001 films, Éd. Omnibus
Diamond-sharp satire with a brilliant performance from Lemmon.
Time Out Film Guide
Wilder and Diamond’s screenplay is the foundation of this well-told tale. It makes masterly use of set-ups and payoffs, most of them encoded in props. The movie is a masterpiece, structure-wise and otherwise.
RogerEbert.com
