Gay comedies are a hard genre to master with any subtlety; one side of the fence is occupied by movies made to mock gays for 'straight' amusement, and the other side is to mock straights for 'gay' amusement. Right off the top, I'll say that I enjoyed this film. Not wildly, as 20+ years ago I enjoyed 'La Cage aux Folles,' yet nevertheless it was involving, good characterization, well-edited and paced. Yet, yet . . . . One of the hurdles for most viewers is that the film is deeply rooted in the French gay cultural scene. And if the viewer isn't familiar with that milieu, it will seem as if the film was set in the late '70s or '80s. Everything that the viewer knows or may have heard about gay life in the USA in those years seems very alive here. The point is, that IS the way Paris is, even now. While trend-setting on a variety of fronts, France has NEVER set the pace for gay culture, that honor belongs to the USA. Thus there is a soundtrack out of the Gloria Gaynor days (different songs, but reminiscent of 'Priscilla of the Desert,') and the large background cast of gay characters are reminiscent of times long gone on this side of the Atlantic. If the viewer can accept that '80s-style gay party life is still alive and well in Paris in 1996, then there won't be any jarring sense of "whoa - when was this film made?" The top-billed star is Patrick Timsit in the role of Adrien, the gay main character who loves Eva, longtime friend and owner of a gay establishment. He thinks of her as family, and even says so at one point in the movie. But the STAR of this film is Fanny Ardant (Eva), who easily steals every single scene she is in and not without reason. There is a rather flimsy opening setup about how all the characters meet - Adrien is negociating a deal with Alexandre, a banker, played by Richard Berry (sorry, Gtran, but he's the banker, not the client), and soon various wives, lovers, 'tricks' and others are all in on the act. For anyone not familiar with Ms. Ardant, she is an undiluted joy (go rent 'Ridicule,' now!). Ferociously handsome, wearing her emotions on her face (and her clothes quite well, too)while keeping her heart hidden, she engages the viewer as few actress do anymore (French actresses have a talent for that). I found Mr. Timsit arch and shrill at times, without the underlying tenderness and pathos that invested every moment of Michel Serrault's Zaza Napoli of 1978, but he suffices. Richard Berry does a fine job as a 'hetero' forced to open his horizons a bit while pursuing Eva. Michèle Laroque has the unenviable job of the 'clueless wife,' but her hesitancy and luminous beauty play very well here. Jacques Gamblin as Lemoine, Alexandre's aide, tries very hard to portray a man still caught in the 'it's hard to come out' milieu of Paris (which is, sadly, still true), but he lacks a certain "je ne sais quoi" to quite pull it off successfully; with time, he may very well become a great actor. There are a thousand and one jokes in this film that will only be understandable to francophones - and Parisian French is fast, clipped and very argotic (I can't speak about sub-titling, as I saw a VO [version originale], but I can imagine the inability to relay the sense of the original in subtitles). If you can speak French WELL, you'll laugh a lot. The nod to '90's/21st-century sensibilities about AIDS-awareness is last-minute and feels very false, thrown in as a sop. Rent the movie - it is a cult classic in France, for a variety of reasons. However, I will give you one more: as you watch this film, ponder the differences between American and French culture and consider why, in France of all places, homosexuality is still shameful.

在一間面臨轉型危機的鄉村麵包攤，一個正港台客(kè )麵包師傅，遇到了來(🔂)自英國的貴族麵包師(🐢)傅，為了追求心愛(🎽)的女孩，展開正面對決。

白(🎓)阮心里又急又气的，早知道这老太太这么倔(juè )，她昨晚(wǎn )怎么着(🎑)也得把她(tā )叫醒，跟(👋)她解释清楚。

When we take a closer look to The Magnificent Life Underwater, we realize how it is at the same time, so mysterious and so familiar.

她舒舒坦坦一觉睡到半夜，醒来只觉(🛰)得不太对，看了看时间，才一下子清醒过来。

她看见莫妍眼中燃烧到极致的恨意，她看见她咬牙(yá )切齿(🕴)(chǐ )的每一个嘴型，甚(shèn )至，连她食指弯曲，扣向扳机的动作(zuò )，慕浅都看得一清二楚——

虽然桐城的媒体早就已经手眼通(🕎)天(tiān )般地报道了她的(de )婚纱首饰价值多少、婚车车队有多奢华、列席(🍓)宾客有多重(chóng )磅，可是这些在顾倾尔那(🖕)里，是完全没(🛂)有概念的。

一只手还尴尬的(💍)在脑袋上挠着，听到顾潇潇干脆的拒(jù )绝，他眼睛一(yī )下就直(🔜)了。

况(💁)且，宁萌还是很可爱的那种长相，配着这身衣服，就显得很萌。