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The Cabbage Soup

The Cabbage Soup

Comedy · Science Fiction · 1981

Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

Movie details

The Cabbage Soup

1981 Comedy · Science Fiction 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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IMDb

6.5 / 10

10.4K votes

TMDB

6.4 / 10

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Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean Girault

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

L'Oxien (La Denrée)

Christine Dejoux

Christine Dejoux

Francine

Claude Gensac

Claude Gensac

Amelie Poulangeard

Henri Génès

Henri Génès

Le brigadier-chef

Marco Perrin

Marco Perrin

Le maire

Court is in session

Put The Cabbage Soup on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.