
Madame Fidias suffers with jealousy of all those young women who pose for her husband's sculpture work. She fights to get Phi-Phi's (her affectionate name for Fidias) attentions back, using her feminine charms and cunning.

Short answer: yes, but only if you have an appetite for the theatrical. This film is for silent comedy completists and those who find humor in the collision of high art and low-brow domestic squabbles. It is not for audiences expecting a grounded historical epic or those who find 1920s gender dynamics too grating to en...


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"Short answer: yes, but only if you have an appetite for the theatrical. This film is for silent comedy completists and those who find humor in the collision of high art and low-brow domestic squabbles. It is not for audiences expecting a grounded historical epic or those who find 1920s gender dynamics too grating to enjoy.Is this film worth watching?Phi-Phi is worth watching because it offers a rare glimpse into the transition from popular French operetta to the silent screen. It manages to capt..."
Georges Gauthier
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