The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (2025)

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1976

L'Aile ou la Cuisse

Directed by Claude Zidi

Synopsis

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

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Cast

Louis de Funès Coluche Ann Zacharias Julien Guiomar Raymond Bussières Philippe Bouvard Daniel Langlet Claude Gensac Georges Chamarat Jean Martin Gérard Boucaron Yves Afonso Marcel Dalio Vittorio Caprioli Aurora Maris Martin Lamotte Fernand Guiot Antoine Marin Maurice Vallier Albert Michel Paul Bisciglia Robert Lombard Pierre Forget Eduardo Bergara Leumann Gérard Lorin Dyanik Zurakowska Max Montavon Pierre Decazes Mac Ronay Show All…

DirectorDirector

Claude Zidi

ProducerProducer

Christian Fechner

WritersWriters

Michel Fabre Claude Zidi

EditorsEditors

Monique Isnardon Robert Isnardon

CinematographyCinematography

Wladimir Ivanov Claude Renoir

Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors

Hélène Bernardin Jean-Jacques Beineix

Executive ProducersExec. Producers

Pierre Grunstein Bernard Artigues

Camera OperatorsCamera Operators

Jean-Paul Schwartz Wladimir Ivanov Jean-Paul Meurisse

Additional PhotographyAdd. Photography

René Chabal Jean-Paul Jarry Yves Pouffary

Production DesignProduction Design

Michel de Broin

Set DecorationSet Decoration

Claude Suné

Special EffectsSpecial Effects

Charles-Henri Assola Christian Bourqui

Title DesignTitle Design

Michel Saignes

StuntsStunts

Rémy Julienne

ComposerComposer

Vladimir Cosma

SoundSound

Maurice Laumain André Naudin Luc Perini Nara Kollery Claude Villand

Costume DesignCostume Design

Jacques Fonteray

MakeupMakeup

Anatole Paris Marie-Madeleine Paris

Studios

Les Films Christian Fechner TOBIS Film

Country

France

Language

French

Alternative Titles

L'aile ou la cuisse, Οδηγός Εστιατόριων, L'ala o la coscia?, Wie Dan Leeft, Wie Dan Zorgt!, Het vleugeltje of de bil, Krídelko alebo stehienko?, Guf á la carte, Flugan i soppan, Kärpänen sopassa, Ti tha parete... stithos i bouti?, Szárnyát vagy combját?, Sparnelis ir šlaunele, En flue i suppa, O Peito ou a Perna, Aripioara sau picior?, Krilo ili batak, En fluga i soppan, Eti benim kemiği senin, Skrzydełko czy nóżka, 好汉还是孬种, Brust oder Keule, Крылышко или ножка, Muslo o pechuga, Křidýlko nebo stehýnko, The Wing and the Thigh, Szárnyát vagy combját, Τι θα Πάρετε... Στήθος ή Μπούτι;, רבע עוף, 美食家, Eti Senin, Kemiği Benim, Крилце или кълка, Крильце чи ніжка, بال یا رون, ფრთა და ფეხი, Krilce ili batak, 手羽先とモモ, Sparnelis ar šlaunelė?

Genre

Comedy

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Theatrical

27 Oct 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (3)FranceTP

04 Nov 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (4)BelgiumAL

11 Nov 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (5)USA

10 Dec 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (6)Germany6

16 Dec 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (7)Netherlands

18 Dec 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (8)Sweden

26 Dec 1976
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (9)Denmark

24 Jan 1977
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (10)Turkey

09 Feb 1977
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (11)Portugal

17 Mar 1977
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (12)Italy

01 Mar 1978
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (13)Poland

11 Aug 1978
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (14)Finland

Digital

01 Jul 2014
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (15)France

19 Mar 2025
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (16)Slovakia12

Physical

17 Jan 2008
  • The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (17)NetherlandsAL

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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (18)Belgium
04 Nov 1976
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (19)Denmark
26 Dec 1976
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (20)Finland
11 Aug 1978
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (21)France
27 Oct 1976
  • TheatricalTP
01 Jul 2014
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (22)Germany
10 Dec 1976
  • Theatrical6WestGermany
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (23)Italy
17 Mar 1977
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (24)Netherlands
16 Dec 1976
  • Theatrical
17 Jan 2008
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (25)Poland
01 Mar 1978
  • Theatrical
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (26)Portugal
09 Feb 1977
  • Theatrical
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (27)Slovakia
19 Mar 2025
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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (28)Sweden
18 Dec 1976
  • Theatrical
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (29)Turkey
24 Jan 1977
  • Theatrical
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (30)USA
11 Nov 1976
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  • Review by victoire ★★★★

    MAIS C’EST LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE 😧😧😧😧😧

  • Review by thomasoui ★★★★

    la cuisse s'il vous plaît ! le mec qui pense qu'on lui pose vraiment la question

  • Review by Étienne Fillion-Sauvé ★★★★½

    Part of me really wants to do a postcolonial analysis of this film. I find there's something very colonial/imperialistic about the restoration industry, specifically how world cuisine is exoticized and exploited in our society. The tastemakers are old white men who get to decide who's restaurant stays in business, and who doesn't. And why do they get to do that? Convention, tradition, money and power, rather than actually being good cooks themselves. There's plenty more to talk about, like Duchemin's relationship with his son, the past vs. the future of food, and the industrialization of food, but I'm in a class right now so I should probably write notes for that instead of this lol

  • Review by petit poisson ★★★½

    Juste pour Louis de Funès avec un blouson en cuir et des santiags

  • Review by alice☆

    j’fais la meuf mystérieuse au feu rouge alors que y’a la musique de ce film dans les airpods

  • Review by Abyssyus ★★★★ 1

    Belle robe vermeil, bel éclat, un peu violette...
    C'est un Bordeaux, un grand Bordeaux.
    Un peu de pourriture noble en suspension, les impuretés descendent lentement : ce vin a vingt-trois ans, c'est un 53, une très grande année.
    Le vin c'est la terre, celle ci est légèrement graveleuse, c'est un Médoc.
    Le vin c'est aussi le soleil, ce vin a profité d'une belle exposition sud-ouest sur un coteau de belle pente.

    C'est un Saint Julien Château Léoville Las Cases 1953

  • Review by martharivers ★★★★

    The most French thing imaginable.

  • Review by Lolale81 ★★★★★

    C’est absolument infect tous les jours, sauf le dimanche, jour de fermeture

  • Review by Tycio 🎞️ ★★★½ 6

    Geschaut im Kontext des Community-Wochenendes: Speisekarte (3.11.-5.11.23)

    Für wen könnte das Essen mehr Lebensmittelpunkt sein als für einen passionierten Restaurantkritiker?

    Louis de Funès mimt dem französischen Restaurantkritiker Charles Duchemin, der es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, die französische Küche auf ein absolut bestes Niveau zu hieven. Er besitzt den perfekten Gaumen und die perfekten Verkleidungen möglichst ungehindert zur Tat zu streiten. Doch sein Sohn, der das Restaurantführerimperium eigentlich erben sollte, will lieber Clown werden. Doch sein großer Konkurrent, der den Markt mit billig produziertem Schweinefraß fluten möchte, will ihn aus dem Verkehr ziehen.
    Allein hier liest sich schon allerhand Fundament für die irrwitzigsten Blödeleien heraus. Was nun folgt ist ein Feuerwerk an Gags, die beileibe nicht alle zünden, weil sie…

  • Review by az93 ★★★½

    De Funès films are always the ultimate comfort films. The first hour of this is sublime - great concept and brilliantly executed. Feel like it loses its way a little when it gets to the factory and becomes overly farcical - I could've just watched him go restaurant to restaurant for another 40 minutes and enjoyed every minute. Still good fun though as expected.

  • Review by xMAD_LukEx 🎞️ ★★★½ 7

    🍝Community Speisekarte 🍝 (03.11-05.11.2023)

    Brust oder Keule (1976)

    Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funes) ein bekannter Feinschmecker, kämpft gegen den Fast-Food-Unternehmer Tricatel, um die Kunst des Kochens zu retten. Nachdem er zugestimmt hat in einer Talkshow aufzutreten, wird er mit zwei Katastrophen konfrontiert...

    Ich habe früher immer sehr gerne Louis de Funes angesehen, besonders die Fantomas Filme mit ihm hatte ich immer wieder angeschaut.
    Bei "Brust oder Keule" hatte ich auch glaube gesehen, aber das ist schon sehr lang her gewesen.
    Als ich diesen Film nun wieder gesehen hatte, konnte mich der Film immer noch gut unterhalten.
    Er war witzig und Louis de Funes war wirklich in diesem Film sehr lustig gewesen.
    Alleine schon die Szene, wo er in dem einen…

  • Review by Esteban 1

    classique du rap français

The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) (2025)

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