The Closet

While there are plenty of stories about gay men who have pretended to be straight for the sake of their careers, this tart comedy from France considers the dilemma of a straight man doing just the opposite. Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is an accountant whose personality is bland to the point of ...more

A mostly agreeable farce buoyed by the considerable talents of its stars, Le Placard is best when it is content to be a mild send-up of the modern workplace. The plot is slight and has a nasty streak that is both refreshing and occasionally jarring. The main reason it comes off well at all is the endearing, highly sympathetic lead performance by Daniel Auteuil, who never succumbs to the silliness of the screenplay, instead making his sad-sack accountant a real person. Gérard Depardieu is also ...more