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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''"Eat, or you won't be able to die!"'']]
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4	''La Grande Bouffe'' (''La grande abbuffata'' in Italian, ''The Grande Bouffe'' or ''Blow-Out'' in English) is a weird 1973 French-Italian BlackComedy film directed by Creator/MarcoFerreri.
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6	Its characters are four bourgeois men varying from reasonably well-to-do to ''very'' well-to-do who have made a pact: they are going to eat themselves to death and die of gluttony. While they're at it, they bring in prostitutes and a buxom teacher, Andréa.
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8	The protagonists were played by three leading men of European arthouse cinema, Creator/MichelPiccoli, Creator/MarcelloMastroianni and Creator/PhilippeNoiret, and a giant of ''commedia all'italiana'', Ugo Tognazzi.
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10	!! Tropes:
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12	%% * BigBeautifulWoman: Andréa.
13	* DeathByGluttony: THE film. The characters aim to die this way and the movie is about their attempt to achieve this goal.
14	%% * DownerEnding: Zigzagged as all the characters are dead but that was their intention.
15	%% * EthicalSlut: Andréa, who has sex with all of the four friends.
16	* FoodPorn: Food is always on display and the characters discuss the food they eat.
17	%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble:
18	%% ** Choleric: Ugo.
19	%% ** Melancholic: Philippe.
20	%% ** Phlegmatic: Michel.
21	%% ** Sanguine: Marcello.
22	* GrossoutShow: The sounds of trapped gas are even exaggerated for the {{Squick}} effect.
23	* HappyEnding: Zigzagged as the characters achieve their goal but they are dead.
24	* MadonnaWhoreComplex:
25	** The four characters invited three conventionally stunning hookers who each spend time with one of the men. Only one character, Philippe, has a romance with Andréa, a teacher, who remains with the group even when the hookers, disgusted by their insane gluttony, leave.
26	** Subverted as Andréa cheats on Philippe with '''all''' three remaining main characters.
27	* OfficialCouple: Andréa and Philippe. Later zigzagged as Andréa cheats on Philippe but he '''still''' considers them a couple and wants to marry her.
28	* OutWithABang: Andréa masturbates Ugo while he's dying stuffing himself with pâté.
29	* ShoutOut: InUniverse, Ugo imitates Don Vito Corleone (Creator/MarlonBrando) from ''Film/TheGodfather'' at one point.
30	%% * SuicidePact: Of a very peculiar nature.

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