Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Big Wash (1968)

The Big Wash poster
Original title
La Grande Lessive (!)
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
U
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Parisian teacher believes television is ruining his students' concentration. After his complaints go ignored, he and a friend start sabotaging TV antennas around the city.

satiricallightheartedplayfulwhimsicalmischievousabsurdenergeticdated

What happens

La Grande Lessive (!) est un film français de Jean-Pierre Mocky sorti en 1968. L'intrigue du film se concentre sur Armand Saint-Just, professeur de lettres dans un lycée parisien, constate que ses élèves manquent de concentration. Une raison à cela : la télévision, dont il juge l'influence néfaste à tous points de vue. Après plusieurs pétitions restées sans suite, implorant les parents d'éloigner les enfants des terribles écrans, Saint-Just, aidé de Missenard, décide de passer à l'action en sabotant les antennes de télévision. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?