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La Soupe aux choux

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La Soupe aux choux	label	La Soupe aux choux
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La Soupe aux choux	comment	La Soupe aux choux (The Cabbage Soup) is a 1981 French science fiction dramedy film starring Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret and Claude Gensac. It is the adaptation of the 1980 novel of the same title by René Fallet.Claude Ratinier ("Le Glaude", De Funès) and Francis Chérasse ("Le Bombé", Carmet) are two old countrymen (a shoemaker and well digger respectively) who live in a small French village. One night, a farting contest between the two of them (after eating cabbage soup) attracts an alien (Villeret) in a Flying Saucer.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_1049848f	type	Aliens Speaking English
La Soupe aux choux / int_1049848f	comment	Aliens Speaking English: At first, the alien can only speak his native language, but as he listens to Le Glaude, he very quickly learns the rural French he speaks.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_115b9907	type	Starfish Language
La Soupe aux choux / int_115b9907	comment	Starfish Language: When he first meets Le Glaude, the alien speaks a very strange language that Le Glaude describes as turkey cries. When he comes back, he has learned French.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_1a6960dd	type	Flying Saucer
La Soupe aux choux / int_1a6960dd	comment	Flying Saucer: The spacecraft of the alien is a typical flying saucer.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
La Soupe aux choux / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: Le Glaude would like to have sex with the young woman resurrected by the aliens. Justified, because she is his wife.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_27006e86	type	People Zoo
La Soupe aux choux / int_27006e86	comment	People Zoo: Since Le Glaude and Le Bombé refuses to sell their houses, the mayor turns their plots into a people zoo in the middle of a leisure park.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_29429eec	type	Community-Threatening Construction
La Soupe aux choux / int_29429eec	comment	Community-Threatening Construction: The development plan of the mayor involves the destruction of the houses of Le Glaude and Le Bombé and the end of their simple way of life.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
La Soupe aux choux / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: The alien is 70 years old, but he looks much younger. (The actor, Jacques Villeret, was approximately 30.)
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La Soupe aux choux / int_342c2ebc	type	Longevity Treatment
La Soupe aux choux / int_342c2ebc	comment	Longevity Treatment: Le Glaude and Le Bombé will live until they are 200 years old on Oxo.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_3e3f9b19	type	Stay with the Aliens
La Soupe aux choux / int_3e3f9b19	comment	Stay with the Aliens: In the end Le Glaude and le Bombé goes with the alien to another planet, where they will live until they are 200 years old.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_3f89452c	type	Sad Clown
La Soupe aux choux / int_3f89452c	comment	Sad Clown: Downplayed. While not an overtly comedic character, "Le Glaude" is deeply saddened by the death of his wife and still visit her tomb quite frequently.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_4252627f	type	Determined Homesteader
La Soupe aux choux / int_4252627f	comment	Determined Homesteader: Le Glaude is a retired old shoemaker and a recluse living in a Ghost Town with a friend. He spends his time growing vegetables (especially cabbage), drinking alcholol and goofing around with "Le Bombé" by doing farting contests.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_5080221	type	Faux Horrific
La Soupe aux choux / int_5080221	comment	Faux Horrific: The alien is terrified when Le Glaude takes off his cap to show him that he is old and bald.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
La Soupe aux choux / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: The police does not believe Le Bombé and Amélie Poulangeard when they report that they saw a flying saucer.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
La Soupe aux choux / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Le Glaude accepts that his wife leaves him and goes away with a young guy. In the end, he even sends her the gold that the alien gave him.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
La Soupe aux choux / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Le Glaude becomes one when his wife is resurrected by the aliens. Francine clearly dominates him. For example, she takes his money to buy clothes.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_72e1bd14	type	Bungled Suicide
La Soupe aux choux / int_72e1bd14	comment	Bungled Suicide: Le Bombé tries to hang himself, but he fails because Le Glaude has cut the rope almost all the way.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
La Soupe aux choux / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Le Glaude and Le Bombé drink a lot of alcoholic drinks, in particular wine. Claude's doctor is horrified to learn that "Le Glaude" is drinking one pint glass per meal and even 5-6 Liters per day! This is one of the reasons why the police does not believe Le Bombé when he reports a flying saucer.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
La Soupe aux choux / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: Le Glaude's wife, who died at 60, is resurrected by the aliens. Moreover, they give her back the appearance of a 20-year-old woman.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_9141fba3	type	Fountain of Youth
La Soupe aux choux / int_9141fba3	comment	Fountain of Youth: Le Glaude's wife is resurrected and rejuvenated by the aliens. She is given the appearance of a 20-year-old woman.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_9597a894	type	Sexual Euphemism
La Soupe aux choux / int_9597a894	comment	Sexual Euphemism: For Le Glaude, arranger ("to fix") means "to make love with".
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La Soupe aux choux / int_9ddf598a	type	Mundane Object Amazement
La Soupe aux choux / int_9ddf598a	comment	Mundane Object Amazement: The alien is amazed by the cabbage soup of Le Glaude. He brings some on his home planet, Oxo, and the soup becomes the top item on the planet's agenda.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_9e869a0c	type	Un-Paused
La Soupe aux choux / int_9e869a0c	comment	Un-Paused: When Le Bombé comes back to his senses after being paralyzed by the alien, he does not realize that any time as gone by and is still screaming about the flying saucer he saw, despite it having already departed.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_9f6198cb	type	What Is This Feeling?
La Soupe aux choux / int_9f6198cb	comment	What Is This Feeling?: The alien does not know what pleasure is. He discovers it thanks to the cabbage soup.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_aa88f109	type	Humanity Is Infectious
La Soupe aux choux / int_aa88f109	comment	Humanity Is Infectious: Over the course of the film, the alien acquires some human traits like feeling pleasure and smiling.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_b2d8059f	type	Innocent Aliens
La Soupe aux choux / int_b2d8059f	comment	Innocent Aliens: The alien poses no danger. He is wide-eyed and childlike. He has difficulty understanding humanity.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_b41c411e	type	Toilet Humour
La Soupe aux choux / int_b41c411e	comment	Toilet Humour: The farting of Le Glaude and Le Bombé is an important plot point.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_b983a56b	type	Came Back Wrong
La Soupe aux choux / int_b983a56b	comment	Came Back Wrong: Le Glaude's wife, who died at 60, is resurrected by the aliens. They give her back the appearance of a 20-year-old woman. She does not love Le Glaude any more and soon she leaves him.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_b9af5ef3	type	The Film of the Book
La Soupe aux choux / int_b9af5ef3	comment	The Film of the Book: The film is an adaptation of a 1980 novel by René Fallet.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_ba183b0e	type	The Paralyzer
La Soupe aux choux / int_ba183b0e	comment	The Paralyzer: The alien uses a paralyzing weapon against Le Bombé. Le Bombé is running and he immediately stops when he is hit by the weapon. He remains motionless and unconscious, but he snores.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_c042eee9	type	Invisible to Normals
La Soupe aux choux / int_c042eee9	comment	Invisible to Normals: The transceiver left by the alien can only be seen by Le Glaude.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
La Soupe aux choux / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Probably De Funès's most gentle and even-tempered character. Although Le Glaude does gets angry with "La Denrée" for trying to convince to leave Earth and abandon his home and his friend Le Bombé, he is generally a pretty chill guy overall.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
La Soupe aux choux / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Amélie Poulangeard is considered as a mad woman by the villagers.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
La Soupe aux choux / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: The police does not believe Le Bombé and Amélie Poulangeard when they report that they saw a flying saucer.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
La Soupe aux choux / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: As much as both are giving Flowery Insults to each other, it's obvious that Le Glaude is genuinely concerned over Le Bombé's suicidal thoughts.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_d9c2434	type	Amusing Alien
La Soupe aux choux / int_d9c2434	comment	Amusing Alien: The alien is funny, with his Starfish Language, his Mundane Object Amazement, etc.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_da4300b9	type	Mayor Pain
La Soupe aux choux / int_da4300b9	comment	Mayor Pain: The mayor wants economic development at all costs. Since Le Glaude and Le Bombé refuses to sell their houses, he turns their plots into a people zoo in the middle of a leisure park.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_e3a7d2e6	type	Karmic Jackpot
La Soupe aux choux / int_e3a7d2e6	comment	Karmic Jackpot: For giving cabbage soup and lending a golden coin to an alien, Le Glaude gets his wife to be resurrected, receives a large quantity of gold and is offered to go with his friend, his cat and his house to another planet, where he will live until he is 200 years old.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_e6692d26	type	Breakfast in Bed
La Soupe aux choux / int_e6692d26	comment	Breakfast in Bed: When le Glaude learns that his late wife has cheated on him with le Bombé during World War II, he takes his shotgun and runs to le Bombé's. He finds the latter having breakfast in bed, albeit without a tray (he just have a bowl of coffee and a slice of bread in his hands) and apparently, living alone, he served it to himself. Le Bombé ends spilling the coffee on his head when he obey the "Hands up!" of le Glaude.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_e7022a49	type	Talking to the Dead
La Soupe aux choux / int_e7022a49	comment	Talking to the Dead: Le Glaude talks to his late wife in the cemetery.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_e9269f72	type	It Was Here, I Swear!
La Soupe aux choux / int_e9269f72	comment	It Was Here, I Swear!: Le Bombé sees the flying saucer, then he is paralyzed by the alien. When he comes to, he tries to show the flying saucer to Le Glaude, but it is not there any more: the alien has gone away with it.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_f4aeb714	type	Human Aliens
La Soupe aux choux / int_f4aeb714	comment	Human Aliens: He wears strange space suits, but, apart from that, the alien looks exactly like a human being.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_faad4df3	type	Mars Wants Chocolate
La Soupe aux choux / int_faad4df3	comment	Mars Wants Chocolate: Oxo wants cabbage soup.
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La Soupe aux choux / int_fee272c3	type	Age-Down Romance
La Soupe aux choux / int_fee272c3	comment	Age-Down Romance: Le Glaude's wife, who died at 60, is resurrected by the aliens with the appearance of a 20-year-old woman. She goes away with a young guy.
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