''Pas très catholique'' (''Not Very Catholic'', English title ''Something Fishy'') is a 1994 French comedy film written and directed by

Tonie Marshall Tonie Marshall (29 November 1951 – 12 March 2020) was a French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director. In 2000, she became the first female director to win a César award for her film ''Venus Beauty Institute.'' Life and career Ma ...

. It was entered into the

44th Berlin International Film Festival The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film ''In the Name of the Father'' directed by Jim Sheridan. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, ...

Plot

Years ago Maxime left her husband and child to strike out on her own, out of her upper class background and into a more bohemian lifestyle, chain-smoking and having affairs with lovers of both genders. Now a private detective, her boss tasks Maxime with training the new person (and the boss's lover). She also finds that her path has crossed with her ex-husband and son as a result of her latest case involving real estate fraud and murders.

Cast

Anémone Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone' ...

: Maxime Chabrier * Michel Roux : Andre Dutemps *

Roland Bertin Roland Bertin (born 16 November 1930) is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in at least 100 films and television shows since 1970. Selected filmography * '' Le Petit théâtre de Jean Renoir'' (1970) (a.k.a. ''The Little Theatre of ...

: Monsieur Paul *

Christine Boisson Christine Boisson (born 8 April 1956) is a French actress. Biography After she registered in a model agency, Just Jaeckin liked her photo, and she got a part in the film ''Emmanuelle'' starring Sylvia Kristel, in which she played a lollipop-suc ...

: Florence *

Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in '' The Officers' Ward'', which was entered into the 2001 Can ...

: Martin *

Grégoire Colin Grégoire Colin (born 25 July 1975) is a French actor. Career Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama ''Olivier, Olivier'' when he was ...

: Baptiste Vaxelaire *

Michel Didym Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

: Jacques Devinals * Micheline Presle : Mme. Loussine * Bernard Verley : Noel Vaxelaire *

Josiane Stoléru Josiane Stoléru is a French film, television and theatre actress. Stoléru was born and raised in Lyon, France. Her cousin was the late French politician Lionel Stoléru. She is married to fellow actor Patrick Chesnais, and their daughter Ém ...

Reception

Derek Elley Derek Elley (born c. 1955) is an American film and music critic and author, best known as the resident film critic for ''Variety'' until his departure in March 2010. With over 1200 reviews to his credit as of December 2014 on ''Rotten Tomatoes'', h ...

reviewed the film for '' Variety'', writing that "Though dominated by a striking, lived-in performance from Gallic comedienne Anemone, "Something Fishy" is too easygoing for its own good." Carrie Tarr and Brigitte Rollet cover the film in ''Cinema and the Second Sex'', stating that "Marshall's empathy with her original, outspoken heroine is obvious in the endless close-ups of Anémone/Max's aging, unconventionally attractive face and body, and the way she is constantly in shot, by day and by night, in the streets of Paris and in her bedsit or office, on the move and at rest, insolent and melancholy." In ''Fifty Years Berlinale'' Wolfgang Jacobson et al noted that the movie was the "surprise of the competition" at the

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* * 1994 films 1994 comedy-drama films 1990s French-language films Films directed by Tonie Marshall French comedy-drama films Female bisexuality in film French detective films 1990s French films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub

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