TMDb Rating
5.5/10
2 verified votes
Funny Reels (1957)
Comedy
17 min
Plot Summary
Ruby Alcow becomes assistant manager of a factory, twenty years after failing his baccalaureate five times, engaging in absurdist shenanigans with his coworkers. Pialat's early short film made for Olivetti's end-of-year party, where the filmmaker was then a sales representative; an homage to silent era slapstick comedy.
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ComedyMaurice PialatMaurice Pialat1957
Director
Maurice Pialat
Top Cast
Maurice Pialat
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