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Bananes mécaniques

1973 film by Jean-François Davy

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ964441 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bananes mécaniques is a 1973 French erotic comedy directed by Jean-François Davy.

Plot

When summer comes, five young, pretty and penniless women decide to squat at the villa of one of their fathers who's gone for holidays.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bananes mécaniques” as 1973 film by Jean-François Davy. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bananes, mécaniques and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1973-06-08, 1973-07-19, 1975-05-10, 1977-06-30—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bananes, mécaniques and film providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bananes mécaniques”, the useful work is to connect “1973 film by Jean-François Davy” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q964441. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 5 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bananes mécaniques”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bananes mécaniques primary sources, Bananes mécaniques archive and Bananes research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bananes mécaniques” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.