Tenue de soirée
# Tenue de soirée

Tenue de soirée (also titled Ménage) is a 1986 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Michel Blanc won the award for Best Actor.

## Plot

In a dance hall, an ebullient ex-convict named Bob befriends an impecunious young couple, the shrewish Monique and the passive Antoine. He takes them burgling and, while he and Antoine ransack the place for valuables, Monique has a bath and helps herself to clothes and scents. But it becomes apparent that it is Antoine to whom Bob is attracted, while Monique is an also ran. The relationship between the two men develops in unexpected directions.

## Cast

* Michel Blanc as Antoine
* Gérard Depardieu as Bob
* Miou-Miou as Monique
* Michel Creton as Pedro
* Jean-Pierre Marielle as the wealthy and depressive man
* Jean-Yves Berteloot as The Male Prostitute
* Bruno Cremer as the art amateur
* Mylène Demongeot as the woman of the couple in bed
* Jean-François Stevenin as the man of the couple in bed
* Dominique Besnehard
* Bernard Farcy

## Accolades

| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | Michel Blanc | Won |
| César Awards | Best Film | | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Director | Bertrand Blier | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Actress | Miou-Miou | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Actor | Michel Blanc | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Writing | Bertrand Blier | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Editing | Claudine Merlin | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Original Music | Serge Gainsbourg | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Sound | Bernard Bats and Dominique Hennequin | Nominated |
| National Board of Review Awards | Top Foreign Films | | Nominated |
