Tonight on TV: Louis de Funes pollutes the planet, but we keep worshiping him!

Forced to retire after suffering a double heart attack in 1975, Louis de Funes, king of the French box office since the 1960s, finds his career in jeopardy. However, thanks to producer Christian Fechner, who teamed up with director Claude Zidi, the actress quickly found her way to the set. Released in 1976, The Wing or Thigh attracted 5.8 million viewers.

After this triumph, the Fechner/Zidi duo immediately started a new collaboration with Louis de Funes. After pitting him against Colucci, then a rising film star, in L’Aile ou la thigh, they decide to pit him against the popular Annie Girardot in La Zizanie.

On the screen, they form the pair of Daubré-Lacaze. He, an ambitious industrialist, expands his pollution equipment factory while at the same time destroying his wife’s gardening garden. Determined to take revenge, she leaves the family home and stands against him in the municipal elections.

Firmly rooted in its time, the film makes special reference to full employment, women’s place in politics, environmentalism and the debate between the two 1974 tours. Through two characters representing two sides – the traditionalist entrepreneurial petty bourgeoisie against the certain. left-wing ideology – disagreement Gently cuts through the world of politics without taking a stand.

A good excuse for the insolence of Louis de Funes and Annie Girardeau. The former, weakened and emaciated, conveys a worthy representation of his genius; The other, never a foil, complements her role with her strong personality.

It was released on March 22, 1978, three days after the second round of legislative elections. disagreement 2.7 million French people gather in dark rooms.

disagreement By Claude Zide with Louis de Funes, Annie Girardeau, Julien Guillaume…

Tonight on C8 at 9.10pm.