Arrow Films is thrilled to announce the release of Italian
provocateur Marco Ferreri’s controversial classic La Grande Bouffe, presented exclusively in a stunning new 2K
transfer in cinemas from 3rd July.
The most famous film by Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri (Dillinger is Dead), La Grande Bouffe was reviled on release for its perversity, decadence
and attack on the bourgeoisie yet won the prestigious FIPRESCI prize after its
controversial screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
Four friends, played by international superstars Marcello Mastroianni
(Fellini’s 8½), Michel Piccoli (Belle de jour), Ugo Tognazzi (Barbarella) and Philippe Noiret (Cinema Paradiso) retreat to a country
mansion where they determine to eat themselves to death whilst engaging in
group sex with prostitutes and a local school teacher (Andréa Ferréol, The Tin Drum), who seems to be up for
anything…
At once jovial and sinister, the film’s jet-black humour has a further
twist as the reputed actors (whose characters use their own names) buck their
respectable trend for a descent into fart-filled chaos that delivers a feast
for the eyes and mind.
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