La Grande Bouffe
(1973)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 559 votes
Year: 1973
Runtime: 130 мин
Country: France, Italy
Director: Marco Ferreri
Cast: Марчелло Мастроянни, Ugo Tognazzi, Мишель Пикколи, Филипп Нуаре, Andréa Ferréol, Solange Blondeau, Florence Giorgetti, Michèle Alexandre, Monique Chaumette, Henri Piccoli
Plot
Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
Having organised a lavish gastronomic seminar right under everyone's noses, grizzled friends and members of the professional bourgeoisie--chef Ugo, a restaurant owner; international libertine Marcello, an Alitalia pilot; refined Michel, a successful television producer; and sheltered Philippe, a venerable magistrate--gather for a weekend of debaucherous fun at a Parisian villa. Soon, truckloads of the finest meat and wine arrive, and the four companions prepare for a wild Romanesque banquet. However, something is missing. As three elegant prostitutes join the eclectic quartet of hungry epicures, voracious appetite and uninhibited desire set the stage for a magnificent Bacchanalian feast. After all, the extravagant hedonists are bent on carrying out their morbid secret plan to the letter, and nothing can stop them. But how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.