Milou en Mai (1990)

Recommended

France/Italy

Feature Film

Original Title: Milou en mai

Director: Louis Malle

Writers: Jean-Claude Carrière, Louis Malle

Cinematographer: Renato Berta

Composer: Stéphane Grappelli

Cast: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Bruno Carette, Paulette Dubost, Harriet Walter, Martine Gautier, Rozenne Le Tallec, Jeanne Herry-Leclerc, Renaud Danner, François Berléand, Dominique Blanc

Pitched somewhere between Renoir and Buñuel, Milou en Mai, Malle’s satirical, farcical, and very funny final (entirely) French film, sees a wealthy family gathering at their country home in May ’68 for the funeral of their recently deceased matriarch, whilst across France (and on the family’s radio) students and workers strike and riot. Iain.Stott