French Twist | |
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Directed by | Josiane Balasko |
Written by | Josiane Balasko Patrick Aubrée Telsche Boorman |
Produced by | Pierre Grunstein Claude Berri |
Starring | Victoria Abril Josiane Balasko Alain Chabat |
Cinematography | Gérard de Battista |
Edited by | Claudine Merlin Kako Kelber (co-editor) |
Music by | Manuel Malou |
Distributed by | AMLF |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $7 million |
Box office | $75.2 million[1] |
French Twist (French: Gazon maudit) is a 1995 French comedy cult film written and directed by Josiane Balasko. It is among the few French films that have released a dubbed version for English-speaking audiences. Its title in French is untranslatable but 'Cursed Lawn' is a close approximation. It also refers to the shaving (or not) of pubic hair, a subtle joke in French alluding to the subject matter of the film.[2][3]
French Twist was selected as France's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4][5]