Le Bouche-trou -1976-

Despite the sneers, the film had its defenders. Feminist theorist and critic Julia Kristeva, in a passing reference in a 1977 essay on abjection, noted that films like Le Bouche-trou were valuable not for their sex, but for their banality —they revealed the underlying loneliness of the post-68 nuclear family better than any intellectual drama.

It seems you’ve shared a title and a date: — likely meaning The Stopgap or The Gap-Filler in French, followed by a year. Le Bouche-trou -1976-

: Despite its flaws, the film boasts a "mostly attractive cast," including actors like Jacques Insermini Marie-Christine Chireix François Viaur , which helps maintain interest for fans of the genre. Despite the sneers, the film had its defenders

For decades, was considered a "phantom film." It did not appear in standard filmographies. It had no DVD release. It was banned in several provinces of Canada in 1977, and print advertisements for the film are virtually nonexistent. : Despite its flaws, the film boasts a

, a couple whose relationship is strained by François' career as a cameraman. The Conflict