French Twist (film)

French Twist
Directed byJosiane Balasko
Written byJosiane Balasko
Patrick Aubrée
Telsche Boorman
Produced byPierre Grunstein
Claude Berri
StarringVictoria Abril
Josiane Balasko
Alain Chabat
CinematographyGérard de Battista
Edited byClaudine Merlin
Kako Kelber (co-editor)
Music byManuel Malou
Distributed byAMLF
Release date
  • 8 February 1995 (1995-02-08)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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]

  1. ^ "Gazon maudit (1995)". JP Box Office. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Gazon Maudit". WordReference Forums. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ "About Gazon maudit . . ". www.bostonphoenix.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  5. ^ "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

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