La Grande Bouffe

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La Grande Bouffe (The Grand Bouffe)
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Produced by Vincent Malle
Jean-Pierre Rassam
Written by Rafael Azcona
Francis Blanche (dialogue)
Marco Ferreri
Starring Marcello Mastroianni
Ugo Tognazzi
Michel Piccoli
Philippe Noiret
Music by Philippe Sarde
Release date(s) 1973
Running time 135 min
Language French
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La Grande Bouffe, Italian title La grande abbuffata, is a 1973 film, directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret.

The plot revolves around a fantastic Franco-Italian orgy comprising of four middle-aged gourmets fed up with the mundanity of life, who embark upon a suicide pact: death by over-indulgence in food, sex and alcohol.

Bouffer is French slang for "eating" (as the original Italian abbuffata, meaning "great eating").

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