Word: maman
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...neighbor's doorbell downstairs by mistake, then knocked on Mme. Vasseur's door-and found her son hiding behind a curtain. He could, of course, have easily escaped from France any time before then, but, as he explained, "I was in perfect joy to stay with Maman...
...finesse and commanding personality, many Frenchwomen are already freer than the laws would indicate. Madame de Pompadour, after all, ruled France from the boudoir of Louis XV, and fully three-quarters of all French blue-collar workers voluntarily (so to speak) turn over their weekly pay envelopes to maman, who passes back a few francs for Gauloises and wine. Economically, French housewives are growing increasingly independent. With the growth in popularity of household time-savers like the automatic washer and le sandwich, some 30% of all married women find the time and energy to hold jobs outside the home, roughly...
...standard?" The sound of Muzak lyricism in the score is for the most part standard. There are no songs as such, but the script, in rhyme translated by prosaic subtitles, weaves themes of love and despair into insistent patter music that accompanies every utterance from "Je suis enceinte, Maman" to "pass the sugar...
Although he is well into his 30s, Pierre spends all his time in his room studying the astronomical charts that cover the walls and furniture. His preoccupation vexes Maman and Papa, who want him to get married. It also vexes like, the Swedish maid, but since she can speak no French (even her subtitles come out in Swedish), she can do nothing about it but look beautiful. One day Papa has a talk with Pierre-or thinks he does. But Pierre has his earplugs in, and the whole sound track is blanked out. Papa is seen enthusiastically drawing female forms...
Before eventually deciding that they are, Pierre sends Maman and Papa into a new spell of vexation by redecorating his room with a thousand pinup photos of statuesque Stella, a chanteuse he sees on television. A bigger-than-life cutout of Stella covers a tall chest of drawers. As a matter of fact, Stella's chest covers one of the drawers, and every time Pierre opens it, he adds spectacular new dimensions to Stella's bosom...