La Poudre aux yeux

Comedy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Agnes Delarive

Status Released

Release Date 1976-10-09

Storyline

Created in 1861, this comedy by Eugène Labiche depicts two bourgeois families obsessed with appearances who intend to marry off their children. Labiche exposes the social rivalry between the two families through tyrannical female characters and submissive husbands, whose only concern is to create illusions in society.