L'oeuf

L'Œuf is a 1972 French comedy film brought to the screen from Félicien Marceau's stage play of the same name, first performed in 1957. The screenplay grew out of a collaboration between Marceau, the original playwright, and Jean Vautrin. Sources disagree about who directed the picture: the French Wikipedia attributes it to Jean Herman, whereas Wikidata and the existing record name Jean Vautrin. Alongside principal performers Bernadette Lafont, Michel Galabru and Paul Bisciglia, the ensemble also features familiar faces of the period such as Jean Rochefort and Guy Bedos. Carrying the comic tone of Marceau's well-received satirical play into cinemas, the production stands as an example of the stage-to-screen adaptations that marked French comedy filmmaking in the early 1970s.