# Le Placard (2001)

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**Runtime**: 84 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Francis Veber
**Written by**: Francis Veber
**Starring**: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Michel Aumont, Jean Rochefort

> *Sometimes to save your skin, you have to come out of the closet... or go in!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently some people still think being gay is a get out of jail free card. A man starts a rumor about his fake homosexuality to save his job. It goes about as well as one would expect.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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