The Closet(Movie, 2001)

Name: The Closet
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2001
Duration: T01:24:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "Le Placard" (French/FR)

1h 24min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 207 votes)

The Closet (French: Le placard) is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. It is about a man who pretends to be homosexual to keep his job, with absurd and unexpected consequences. ()

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About The Closet

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

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Trailer for The Closet + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Le placard(Trailer, 1:46)

Le placard (Trailer) | Le placard (Trailer, FR) | Bande-annonce (Trailer, FR) | Trailer deutsch (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: France

Plays in: France

Made by: Canal Plus, TF1 Films Productions, Gaumont, Miramax Films, EFVE

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/04/2001 (World premiere: 01/17/2001)

Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Jean Rochefort, Michèle Laroque, Alexandra Vandernoot, Armelle Deutsch, Edgar Givry, Irina Ninova, Laurent Gamelon, Luq Hamet, Marianne Groves, Michel Aumont, Michèle Garcia, Philippe Brigaud, Stanislas Forlani, Vincent Moscato, Philippe Vieux

Director: Francis Veber

Producer: Patrice Ledoux, Alain Poiré, Hugues Tissandier

Screenwriter: Francis Veber

Film Editor: Georges Klotz

Director of Photography: Luciano Tovoli

Composer: Vladimir Cosma

Costume designer: Jacqueline Bouchard

Sound Designer: Bernard Bats

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ein Mann sieht rosa"

"Salir del armario"

"Sai do Armário"

Keywords: coming out, male homosexuality, neighbor, bluff, factory worker, gay theme, kündigung, pretending to be gay, factory, gay, condom

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The Closet(Movie, 2001)

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Le placard(Trailer, 1:46)

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