The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners |
Release Date - Oct 10, 1954 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - France, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The matchless French farceur Fernandel essays six different roles in The Sheep Has Five Legs. We first see the horse-faced one as an elderly wine grower, looking forward to an upcoming family reunion with mixed emotions. One by one, the other five Fernandels make their appearances; these are the wine-grower's sons, each one a small masterpiece of comic characterization. Despite an overreliance on dialogue, the film's humor translates quite well to non-French audiences. The film's original title was Le Mouton a Cinq Pattes.
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family-reunion, father, son, wine, generation-gap