The Cabbage Soup
Two hard-drinking French farmers find their nostalgic rural routine upended when an alien takes an unusual interest in their cabbage soup and comic habits.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- absurd
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy afternoon
- cult movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The central catalyst is a farting contest between Claude and Francis, treated as a major comic event.
The countrymen's old-fashioned lifestyle is disrupted by the alien L'Oxien and pressures associated with modernization.
A flying saucer arrival brings L'Oxien into the two farmers' quiet rural existence.
Louis de Funès and Jean Carmet play drinking, nostalgia, and bodily competition with heightened physical energy against a pastoral setting.
Films like The Cabbage Soup, and why
The Visitors
shares broad physical comedy, eccentric rural characters, and an irreverent clash between ordinary life and the fantastic
The Gods Must Be Crazy
combines comic fantasy, culture clash, and an affectionate resistance to modernity through outsized performances
The Man Who Fell to Earth
pairs rustic absurdity with extraterrestrial intrusion, deadpan social satire, and warm humanist comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Jean Girault
- Release Date
- 1981-12-02
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (963)
Cast
- Louis de Funès
- Jean Carmet
- Jacques Villeret
- Christine Dejoux
- Claude Gensac
- Henri Génès
- Marco Perrin
- Max Montavon
- Perrette Souplex
- Philippe Brizard
Common questions
- What is The Cabbage Soup about?
- Two hard-drinking French farmers find their nostalgic rural routine upended when an alien takes an unusual interest in their cabbage soup and comic habits.
- What is The Cabbage Soup like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Cabbage Soup as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Cabbage Soup violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Cabbage Soup.
- Which films are like The Cabbage Soup?
- Films with a similar feel include The Visitors, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
- How long is The Cabbage Soup?
- The Cabbage Soup runs 98 minutes.
