The Fat and the Lean

IMDb link: 0054946
IMDb rating: 6.2 (1,404 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Music, Short
Director: Roman Polanski, Jean-Pierre Rousseau
Cast: 2 critic, Andre Katelbach, 6 user and others

Release date: 27 Oct 1967
Release year: 1961
Runtime: 15 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: written and directed by cast member, washing someone's feet, absurdism, slavery, france, dance, artistic expression, oppression, freedom

Plot:

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.

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