: Their flight inspires thousands of other men to join them, leading to a full-scale "male exodus" from feminist 1970s society.

: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Blier (the director's father), and Brigitte Fossey. Music : Composed by Georges Delerue . Cinematography : Shot by Claude Renoir .

Calmos is a feminist film. It is a male-fantasy-of-exhaustion dressed as social critique. Blier (who also directed Get Out Your Handkerchiefs and The Valet ) uses crude humor, nudity, and hyperbole to mock both male lust and female manipulation. The men are not heroes—they are cowards and hypocrites. The women are not victims—they are shown as relentless, even monstrous, in their pursuit of control.

was polarizing and remains one of Blier’s most controversial works. Misogyny vs. Satire