Comédie mode d'emploi : The big Lebowski

Your cinema, in partnership with the CIBFC and with the support of the ADRC, is presenting a series entitled “COMEDIES: A GUIDE”, focusing on classic American comedies. You may already have seen Ernst Lubitsch’s *To Be or Not to Be*, followed by Rob Reiner’s *When Harry Met Sally* (1989). Here is the third and final film in the series, with film critic Emmanuel Burdeau in attendance.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1h 57m) (2015)

An American crime comedy by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore and John Goodman (1h 57m) (2015).

Jeff Lebowski, known as ‘The Duke’, is a layabout who spends his time having a drink with his mate Walter and playing skittles, a game he’s fanatical about. One day, two thugs beat him up. It seems that a certain Jackie Treehorn wants to recover a sum of money owed to him by Jeff’s wife. Only Lebowski isn’t married. It’s a case of mistaken identity: the Lebowski they’re after is a millionaire from Pasadena. The Duke then sets out to seek compensation from his filthy-rich namesake...