Bizarre, Bizarre (Drôle de drame)

Bizarre, Bizarre (original title Drôle de drame) is a 1937 French comedy-drama directed by Marcel Carné. With strong elements of social criticism and satire, it runs about 105 minutes. The screenplay and dialogue are by Jacques Prévert, and much of the film's lasting reputation comes from the lines he wrote.

The picture is adapted from the 1912 novel His First Offence by the British author Joseph Storer Clouston. Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay and Jean-Louis Barrault take the main roles, and the cast also includes Jean-Pierre Aumont, Agnès Capri, Annie Cariel, Fabien Loris, Franck Maurice, Frédéric O'Brady, Guy Decomble, Henri Guisol and Jean Marais.

The film's most quoted moment is an exchange between Michel Simon and Louis Jouvet, whose lines later became cult sayings. Simon says, “I assure you, my dear cousin, that you said ‘bizarre’”, and Jouvet answers, “Did I say bizarre? How bizarre…” The film was released in France in 1937.