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Funny Reels

Funny Reels

1957•17m•5.5/10
Comedy

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5.5/10(2)

Ruby Alcow becomes assistant manager of a factory, twenty years after failing his baccalaureate five times, engaging in absurdist shenanigans with his coworkers. Pialat's early short film made for Olivetti's end-of-year party, where the filmmaker was then a sales representative; an homage to silent era slapstick comedy.

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Maurice Pialat

Maurice Pialat

Ruby Alcow

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