Fantastic feasts: La Grande Bouffe

Mark Kermode's film of the week [BFI] [having trouble viewing this email?]( [BFI]( [BFI]( [BFI]( MARK KERMODE'S FILM OF THE WEEK [La Grande Bouffe]( La Grande Bouffe Four friends gather with one aim – suicide by gluttony – in one of cinema's most outrageous adventures. The satire is blunt and broad, served by European legends (Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, and Philippe Noiret) who have a chemistry that compels even at the extremes. Director Marco Ferreri showed his film at Cannes in 1973, and was spat on by cinemagoers afterwards; Mastroianni's girlfriend Catherine Deneuve refused to speak to him for a week after seeing it. [Subscribe to your free 14-day trial]( and watch now, along with hundreds of other titles, on desktop, Android, iOS devices & selected Samsung TVs. [WATCH NOW]( [Mark Kermode introduces La Grande Bouffe]( Mark Kermode introduces La Grande Bouffe Mark gorges on Marco Ferreri's outrageous and subversive satire. [WATCH NOW]( [Comedy Genius]( Comedy Genius Celebrating a world of side-splitting cinema, from slapstick legends to today's anarchic voices. [WATCH NOW]( TRENDING NOW [Suspiria]( 01 Suspiria Dario Argento’s baroque horror classic, now reimagined in a new film by Luca Guadagnino. [WATCH NOW]( [Listen Up Philip]( 02 Listen Up Philip Jason Schwartzman is a writer with pathological intimacy problems in this caustic literary comedy. [WATCH NOW]( [The Wayward Cloud]( 03 The Wayward Cloud Ming-Liang Tsai's outrageous blend of comedy, drama, musical and watermelon sex. [WATCH NOW]( [Who Loves the Sun]( 04 Who Loves the Sun Lukas Haas and Adam Scott play two old friends with a bitter history in this delightfully witty character comedy. [WATCH NOW]( [Successive Slidings of Pleasure]( 05 Successive Slidings of Pleasure Alain Robbe-Grillet’s serpentine mystery about a woman with feared sexual powers. [WATCH NOW]( [Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow]( 06 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves) directs this Oscar-winning compendium of three comic tales of love and sex. [WATCH NOW]( [Second Coming]( 07 Second Coming An immaculate conception in South London? Idris Elba stars in this magic-realist family drama. [WATCH NOW]( [Trans-Europ-Express]( 08 Trans-Europ-Express The stylish, cult 1966 erotic thriller with French New Wave icons Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier. [WATCH NOW]( [Boccaccio '70]( 09 Boccaccio '70 Fellini, Visconti, De Sica and Monicelli spin a carousel of sex and satire mocking the mores of '60s society. [WATCH NOW]( [Betty Blue]( 10 Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix’s story of a volatile romance was one of the most successful French films of the 1980s. [WATCH NOW]( SUBSCRIPTION [Queen of Earth]( There's always more to discover Uncover over 500 of the greatest films you'll find on-demand, anywhere. [START YOUR FREE 14-DAY TRIAL]( [BFI Player]( You have received this message because you signed up for BFI Player emails. You are subscribed as {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( immediately from all BFI Player emails Sent by BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN