La Grande Bouffe
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La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 Franco-Italian black comedy film, directed by Marco Ferreri, about four friends who decide to eat themselves to death in a grotesque critique of consumerism and bourgeois excess.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Grande Bouffe canonical | 3 |
| La grande bouffe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5773186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Grande Bouffe Context triple: [Philippe Noiret, notableWork, La Grande Bouffe]
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A.
La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Irma Vep
Irma Vep is a French-American television miniseries that blends meta-cinema, crime, and dark comedy as it follows an actress remaking a classic silent-era vampire serial.
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D.
Le Pâté
Le Pâté is a small, uninhabited islet in the Îles des Saintes archipelago of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.
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E.
L'Emmerdeur
L'Emmerdeur is a 1973 French-Italian comedy film by Édouard Molinaro, starring Lino Ventura and Jacques Brel, about a suicidal man who inadvertently disrupts a hitman's assignment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Grande Bouffe Target entity description: La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 Franco-Italian black comedy film, directed by Marco Ferreri, about four friends who decide to eat themselves to death in a grotesque critique of consumerism and bourgeois excess.
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A.
La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Irma Vep
Irma Vep is a French-American television miniseries that blends meta-cinema, crime, and dark comedy as it follows an actress remaking a classic silent-era vampire serial.
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D.
Le Pâté
Le Pâté is a small, uninhabited islet in the Îles des Saintes archipelago of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.
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E.
L'Emmerdeur
L'Emmerdeur is a 1973 French-Italian comedy film by Édouard Molinaro, starring Lino Ventura and Jacques Brel, about a suicidal man who inadvertently disrupts a hitman's assignment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Franco-Italian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
FIPRESCI Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
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linked to:
FIPRESCI Prize
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| castMember |
Andréa Ferréol
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Marcello Mastroianni ⓘ Michel Piccoli ⓘ Philippe Noiret ⓘ Ugo Tognazzi ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mario Vulpiani ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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Italy ⓘ |
| director | Marco Ferreri ⓘ |
| distributor |
Paramount Pictures (France)
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linked to:
Paramount Pictures
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| editedBy | Claudio M. Cutry ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | 1973 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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drama film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later films dealing with food, excess, and body politics ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage |
La grande bouffe
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linked to:
La Grande Bouffe
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| mainSubject |
bourgeoisie
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consumerism ⓘ death ⓘ gluttony ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | restricted or adult-only in several countries ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | four friends who decide to eat themselves to death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial reception at Cannes
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graphic depictions of food and bodily functions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
French
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Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | European art cinema of the 1970s ⓘ |
| producedBy | Jean-Pierre Rassam ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
CAPAC
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Fida Cinematografica ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtime | 130 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Francis Blanche
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Marco Ferreri ⓘ Rafael Azcona ⓘ |
| setting | villa in Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of bourgeois excess
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critique of consumerism ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Big Feast ⓘ |
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Subject: La Grande Bouffe Description of subject: La Grande Bouffe is a 1973 Franco-Italian black comedy film, directed by Marco Ferreri, about four friends who decide to eat themselves to death in a grotesque critique of consumerism and bourgeois excess.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: La Grande Bouffe