Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Carol Laure’s husband Gerard Depardieu is so concerned with her apparent depression that he thinks having complete stranger Patrick Dewaere sleep with her will solve what is ailing her. The two men become friends, but nothing they do improves Laure’s condition, even after the men decide impregnating her is the solution. I love the first half of the film where the men don’t even bother trying to discuss what’s wrong with the woman, or even if she thinks there is something wrong. They talk over her, bring in other men to weigh in, and ignore that the one person who does get an emotional reaction from her is another woman who sits and listens. It’s a funny and relatable tale of relationships. But then the trio being working at a summer camp and the film takes a turn that throws away everything else that happened, culminating in a completely nonsensical ending that just left me befuddled.

Oscar Win: Best Foreign Language Film