Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

The Delicious Anarchy of Love and Devotion

Directed by Bertrand Blier

Produced by CAPAC, Belga Films

1978108 min6.6 / 10

A provocative 1970s romantic comedy that uses absurdist logic and unconventional arrangements to explore desire, devotion, and the limits of love's ability to heal.

Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

Questions people ask

  • Is Get Out Your Handkerchiefs sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Get Out Your Handkerchiefs scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Get Out Your Handkerchiefs violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Get Out Your Handkerchiefs easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Get Out Your Handkerchiefs end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

61/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity94

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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