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Love at the Top (1974)

Love at the Top poster
Original title
Le Mouton enragé
Directed by
Michel Deville
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man decides to use a guidebook on how to manipulate people to climb the social ladder in 1970s France. His schemes unravel with unpredictable consequences.

satiricaldarkly comiccerebraltensemelancholiccynicalslow-burn

What happens

Love at the Top (French: Le Mouton enragé, lit. 'The Rabid Sheep') is a 1974 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Michel Deville from a screenplay by Christopher Frank, based on the 1956 novel Le Mouton enragé by Roger Blondel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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