Ridicule

[pepitovaldezz]

"J'ai peur que dans sa joie, Mr de Blayac ne se soit oublié" superbe!

[ealaara]

Can u upload the movie???

[elrond70]

Hysterical. "I've been to faraway lands, with far ruder manners."

[Zeev]

A Golden Shower fit for a king. C'est bien.

[hamza1cicis]

1:28

[hamza1cicis]

1:28 :)))

[wharfmouse]

These two guys are obviously the guys at the ball. Yes? Where are they ? Still in France or in England (exiled)? What did the last three lines of the movie say about those exiled? Inquiring minds want to know.

[cgavin1]

IIRC this is the start of the film. The younger gentleman later uses the witticism 'stumble-upon' at the end of the film to taunt de Malavoy, completing the circle, but far from shaming him, it opens his eyes to their decadence and cruelty and reminds him of his real priority ie the mosquitos and his dying peasants, and so the moral story of the movie.

[cyparris3]

@wharfmouse It is not a scene taking place years after the ball (as u seem to think when u mention exhile) It does take place sometime before the main story. The fact that the guy who pisses is the same that the one at the ball is only there to make us see that this kind of people takes pleasure in doing to others what was once done to them ( trip somebody up at a ball)

There's therefore only one same character that at the end in this scene: The one who pisses on the old man

[cgavin1]

What the hell is a 'world history' teacher? Last time I checked it was just 'history'. Is it like the World Series? Maybe just Introverted Hysterical Puritan World Perspective 101? Could this explain why Americans think China is in Japan? Or that they singlehandedly saved the world twice? Ahhh.. For sure nobody had morals before Catholicism and Jews are all born with beards and horns. If you are offended by a penis, then like Abdul Osama Bin Frustrated Maniac, you probably aren't getting any.

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Maybe American penises are naturally pixilated to avoid giving offence to the godly?

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

:-) isn't the World Series exclusively American? or do they let Canada join in if they ask nicely?

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

I was recently told three things by Americans on You Tube, which explain the mindset nicely:

1. god tells them to donate 10% of their earnings to the poor. 2. They are responsible for the collapse of the Soviets (not Europeans pulling down a wall, then) and 3. if it wasn't for them, my ass would be speaking German. Wouldn't THAT get me noticed at parties this Christmas???

[alejandra379]

And that is why they say that revenge is a meal best served cold!

[catinacorset]

or in the form of hot liquid.. take your pick...

[intigfx]

I wonder if there is a single french video on youtube where americans and frenchs are not arguing about WW2 and the Independance War.

enjoy the fucking vid for pity's sake.

[lina881]

right!!!!!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Europe had to wait 2 years and 4 months for America to start dying for anything - which was one up on WW1; they took four years to get any men in the field that time! For the American slant on War, see "CHURCHILL - THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS"...

[peymaania]

All these Teachers & Students complaining

about this Dude using his Penis as an instrument of Ridicule Need to Lighten-up!

It is too Bad this Nation was begun by a bunch of Zenophobic, Ignorant, Bible Humping diseased Pilgrims from England...This is precisely why we still have problems with Nudity in Art. Vive La France!

[catinacorset]

Fantastic opening scene, nothing better at showing his contempt for the old man. anyone horrified at this obviously doesn't have, or has never seen, a penis. I wonder if so many people would be fainting and having panic attacks if the first scene was of the old man being brutally murdered? By the way, peymaania...I am from England, and to be honest, we were very happy to ship that tight-arsed load of weirdos off to America, restore the monarchy, and get back to being throughly decadent. ;)

[peymaania]

Please, Please take back the Bible Nuts, ship them to the Hebrides Islands or Guernsey and the channel Islands. You can always threaten the French and the Scotts by using them as mercenaries! These people have ravaged America, Afghanistan and Iraq...and even when they lose an election they still don't Shut

their traps! I wish we could ship them all straight into the Sun!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

No, we don;t want them! we're not stupid! have them stuffed and use them as draught excluders; medical experiments are an option; fire them out of cannons as county fairs - but DON'T SEND THEM BACK HERE!!!!!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Did you know, by the way, those wankers didn't take even ONE farm animal or implement with them to the New World? Bibles, trumpets, lots of shoes, and a history of Spain...but luckily, the Native Americans were there to make sure they got their Thanksgiving dinner...then to be scalped for the ungodly heathens they were...

[catinacorset]

...and how the hell do they teach you about the Greeks if they are afraid of a penis???? And how would they deal with a school trip to Pompei? (I mean, have you ever seen the sort of porn the average rich Roman was surrounded by as he ate his dinner?)

[Swannygirldancer]

I am sorry, but I really do not understand why there is so much amazement. This is art, a film.He is pissing on his enemy, he is a man, so he pisses using his penis. You people who are giggling and being silly, do you not look at your penis when you piss? If so, you must piss on your shoes very often!

[goto123]

Comme dit l'adage .. "la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid" ...qui se pisse froid parfois. Ce film est une fable à voir absolument.

[cotakuc]

lol god! someone should've warned me about 1:25! now i know wut my globals teacher meant when she said we should skip the 1st part of this movie. but i do agree that this looks good. i'm definitely watching it.

[warcraftbetch]

hahaha! my world history teacher said the exact same thing!

[eatshityoutwo]

my history teacher didn't say anything at all before she showed this movie! and everyone in the class was pretty much offended lol

[catinacorset]

No, come on... you weren't really offended?

[Swannygirldancer]

You should learn your history in Europe. You would learn not to be offended.

[eatshityoutwo]

yes, having learned European history made me appreciate that penis haw haw haw. For your information I know my european history, and it has failed in making me, a straight man, wanna see another man's cock on screen up close. my apologies.

[Swannygirldancer]

..which confirms the US attitude to the body - why do you assume that there is anything sexual about this scene, or that your masculinity is threatened by seeing somebody pee? It is a gesture of contempt in this case, the ultimate 'Ridicule' - you are not supposed to feel aroused by it. Would you 'wanna see' the old man's brains blown out, just so you didn't have to blush and quiver and look at pee-pee parts? Would that be 'straight' enough? Grow up - you've got a cock and you piss through it.

[Swannygirldancer]

Oh, and by the way, 'eatshityoutwo', your account name is quite revealing. Not only is it childish and intended to be 'smutty' (ask any woman, if you know any - this is SO unerotic!) but it shows a real precoccupation with the anus, and, coupled with a fear of your emotions when you have to look at another man's cock, you should really be questioning your sexuality (which, I think, is why you are so afraid of your feelings toward this scene.)"The lady doth protest too much.."

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Oh, pull yourself together, you silly boy!

[catinacorset]

has she never seen someone pee before? And doesn't she realise this is a film about decadence, and this scene gives artistic shock value because of the degradation of being pissed on?

[mcgriddle26]

Wtf is this?!? my world history teacher said we should skip the first scene but he wouldnt tell us why!

[intigfx]

sounds like your world history teachers are all a bunch of prude pussies.

[catinacorset]

Yes - history lessons there must be one big round of fun and fascination...

[catinacorset]

Your history teacher must be very odd...how do you airbrush penises out of history?

[Swannygirldancer]

Any African history must be particularly difficult.

[youtubister]

Great and daring (opening) scene to a wonderful movie full of style and elegance. I urge you to seek it out and watch it. *****

[jingledell666]

Still one of the best openings of a movie I've ever seen. Hysterical...

[faroche]

this movie is one of my favorite movies ever !!! it's a lesson. the power of the language... it's just beautiful

[vonspre]

Patrice Leconte is a great artist and this movie is a wonderful essay about the violence,in the french sense of the word,of course:refinement,psicological cruelty and "esprit"...America cannot understand that beauty...

[luton234]

OMG!! Will the US reproach the French people with 'saving' their country for a long time? Did the US have no interest in saving them? I'm pretty sure it had!

That movie is also about the French financial state at that time - which was a major reason for the fall of monarchy.

What do you think was the reason for French debt? It's the Independence War that France fought with the American people. Yep! Because France indeed came to 'save you' from the British! Alors réfléchis un peu ducon!

[luton234]

Déjà, ne m'appelle pas 'mate', on est pas potes. Je n'ai aucune leçon à recevoir de toi. Si tu crois avoir raison, c'est bien, mais je crois qu'en ce qui concerne l'esclavage, c'est pas les Etats-Unis qui devraient se poser en "moralisateurs". Tu sais comment les Américains traitaient les Afro-Américains il y a encore 40 ans? Apparemment non et aujourd'hui, tu voudrais juste te donner bonne conscience! Bref, je vais pas te donner un cours d'histoire, tu as l'air trop dépassé par tout ça.

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

'Mate' - I live here, too; my family is of mixed race, but we have experienced nothing but kindness and friendliness. Maybe we just don't swagger around like big fat buffoons thinking we are naturally superior - as you clearly do. Why don't you go back to England, if you don't like the French? and why do you writ every comment twice? Do you forget what you have written?

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Now study history (not Hollywood). And reply to this in perfect French, with not one single incorrect spelling, and without the use of any translation aid. After reading how shocked you are by the view of a man pissing, I am not surprised you like guns; they are a substitute for your penises! Cretin!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

...after a convenient 2 and a quarter year wait, of course... done that body count on that period, have you?

[vonspre]

tais-toi à la fin!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Oh, you are American! So why do you use the expression 'mate'? No wonder you got the context wrong! My English is superb, thank you - as befits a 'native' who also has an Honours degree. My French is also pretty good; and since coming here, I love the French people more very day. I am glad you are American, as it restores my faith in my own countrymen. Please go back there - please!

[wallaceelf]

He he, I am actually american and english so I feel I have the right to say "mate"... Anyways, the truth is I love the most of the French and I really love France.. I plan to live there one day.. I was just messing around with you man, aren't youtube fights fun?!?!? Good work on having an honours degree, that must be quite a lot of work!!!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Nah... not when you are naturally a genius...

[wallaceelf]

Could a genius answer the question: What is the point of life? I already have an answer for myself but I'm curious if someone can find a universal truth...

[heliotropezzz333]

The answer to life the universe and everything accoding to the book "The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy" is 42, but the point is to find the question.

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Depends. Sometimes it chocolate - sometimes it's red wine. (Local Primeur is particularly good at this time of the year.)

[wallaceelf]

Ha ha nice one!!!

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

and true, Grasshopper - so true...

[catinacorset]

It is wonderful and subtle. If made in Hollywood, however, the opening scene would probably have been of the old man having his head blown off. Beurrk!