Black Humor
1965
⏱️ 112 min
📅 Released
🌐 ES
Comedy
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jean Richard
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Sylvie
La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
Alida Valli
The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
Pauline Carton
La Rapet - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Paulette Dubost
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Crew
Director
Claude Autant-Lara, Giancarlo Zagni, José María Forqué
Writer
Pierre Bost, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Aurenche
Production
Época Films, Sagittario Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Keywords
dark comedy