Synopsis
The Closet (Le Placard, 2001) is a French comedy from writer-director Francis Veber, and you can watch it online on iFILM. François Pignon, a gray and forgettable accountant at a condom factory, overhears that he's about to be fired.
Cornered, Pignon nearly steps off his balcony — until a retired neighbor talks him down and hands him a scheme. They anonymously send his office a doctored photo showing the meek accountant in a gay bar. Now management can't fire him without a discrimination scandal. Pignon, who never claimed anything about himself, watches his whole world tilt: colleagues take a sudden interest, the office's gruff homophobe (Gérard Depardieu) starts angling for his friendship, and his ex-wife and son look at him differently. Daniel Auteuil plays it all with wonderful deadpan.
Veber runs the farce like clockwork — a simple setup, then misunderstandings clicking into place one after another with not a slack scene in eighty-four tight minutes. A great pick if you want light French humor with Auteuil and Depardieu playing off each other. Stream The Closet (2001) online on iFILM.
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