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a homophobic co-worker who used to harass him, is warned he could be fired for discrimination if he continues to belittle Pignon, so he begins to make friendly overtures. However, when two of the workers notice him waiting for his son near the school entrance they start thinking Pignon is into children, and after talking to Pignon's colleague Ariana they attack him in his house parking, breaking his collarbone.
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Pignon does not change his usual mild and self-effacing behavior and mannerisms in any way as part of his masquerade. But his supervisors and co-workers begin to regard him in a new light, seeing him as exotic rather than dull, and his life becomes unexpectedly and dramatically better. FĂ©lix
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in a rubber factory. On the factory photoshooting day he's left behind the scene. When he learns he's about to get downsized, he contemplates suicide, but his new neighbor Jean-Pierre Belone, a former industrial psychologist, dissuades him from jumping from his balcony and suggests a way to keep his
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sweater, and leaves him when he buys Pignon chocolates. After this, Santini invites Pignon to move in with him. When Pignon turns him down, Santini snaps, a fight ensues, and
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Bertrand, in the middle of a factory tour held for
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said, "The movie passes the time pleasantly and has a few good laughs ... But the screenplay relies too much on the first level of its premise and doesn't push into unexpected places. Once we get the setup, we can more or less anticipate the
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is its refusal to walk on politically correct eggshells. The target of its blunt lusty humor is as much exaggerated political correctness and the panic it can engender as it is bigotry."
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called the film "a bonbon spiked with mirth and malice" and noted, "Auteuil and
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