the quote from cool hand luke seem quite appropriate here . while some adore préparez vos mouchoirs ( a typify by the mostly favorable review and the oscar win for best foreign film in 1979 ) and others probably see the film in such a radically different light . to see it in this other light be perhaps see by the with it crowd a evidence that an individual be devoid of taste and a neanderthal . yet and to those who hate it and the film be not just bad but evil . or at least very and very morally suspect . what i be talk about here be that in the second half of this comedy ( . ) and the lead lady have an affair with a 13 year old boy and this seem to be a good thing accord to the film . this be very reminiscent of le soufflé au coeur another french film that be adore by most with it people . however and in le soufflé and the boy be not just a teen have sex with an adult but the adult in question be his own mother . yet and review after review on imdb for le soufflé describe the movie with such word a vibrant and amarvelous as well a say that it a beautiful coming of age film . for préparez vos mouchoirs and there be such appellation a clever and amusing as well a fresh and surprisingly intelligent . what part of morally wrong do not they understand . even if the rest of the film have be good ( which and incidentally and it be not ) and how can such praised be heap on a film that glamorize or excuse sexual abuse . now understand that i be not a french basher . i love french film and they be my among favorite type of film ( surpass even the japanese which i also adore ) and i have take french class to learn the language . but and in this one way and i think the french film maker have it all wrong . in fact and the recent glowing praise and support of roman polanski ( who admit to drug and sodomize a 13 year old ) illustrate this divide . have work a a social worker and then therapist with sexual abuse victim and this 19th century attitude towards the sexualization of child be quite sad . sometimes and with some issue we provincial american be wrong . in this case and however and i suspect the french have something to learn from u about the way we have take sexual abuse case more seriously in recent year ( though and of course and we still have a way to go ) . so if i be totally offend by the scene that involve the 13 groping and leering at a beautiful ( and willing ) adult woman and what do i think about the rest of the film . well and sadly and i do not like it . the film have many absurdist element that might appeal to some but will also leave many cold . like director blier follow up film and buffet froid and so much of the film deliberately make no sense and be intend to shock . if you like this sort of craziness and so be it and but the average person out there will not be particularly pleased with the film a it just seem dumb and the character seem so unreal . i know that be the point the film maker intend and but that still doesn not mean i have to like it . if i want something goofy and insane and i will watch a comedy like monty python and the holy grail this be absurdism but with the aim to make people laugh . préparez vos mouchoirs do not seem to have any such intention . it seem more intent on confusion and bizarreness instead of be a comedy sort of like performance art instead of film . overall and there be almost nothing to recommend this film ( unless you want to see a young look 13 year old make it with an adult ) . incidentally and the actress be 30 and the child be actually 14. would you let your 14 year old participate in sex scene with a 30 year old in a film . wouldn not this seem like pandering .