French comedy of the 1970s. The formula for success

Abstract

The article deals with the results of studying the factors that influenced the growth of popularity of French Comedy among the mass audience in 1970s. More than 120 films of the Comedy genre of the French production released in hire in the considered period are analyzed. The presented subject is not investigated neither in the Russian, nor in the French cinema literature, is of interest to a profile reader, the researcher of the French cinema. The relevance of the topic is obvious: in today’s difficult tough time Comedy films are especially need. They, along with good fairy tales, make the world and society kinder, more responsive, distract from negative thoughts. Laughter prolongs life-all familiar Maxim, so the search and finding the formula of laughter in our days are very popular. The formula of success of the French Comedy of 1970s which can be used for similar estimates in relation to modern film production is offered.