Themroc (1973)

Director:

Claude Faraldo

Writer:

Claude Faraldo

Stars:

Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Marilù Tolo

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Michel Piccoli	...	Anonymous worker
Béatrice Romand	...	La soeur de Themroc
Marilù Tolo	...	La secrétaire
Francesca Romana Coluzzi	...	La voisine
Jeanne Herviale	...	La mère de Themroc
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Aron
Paul Barrault
Romain Bouteille	...	Un ouvrier / Le patron hargneux / Le voisin / Le flic
Stéphane Bouy
Coluche	...	Le jeune voisin / Un ouvrier / Un flic
Madeleine Damien
Patrick Dewaere	...	Le maçon
François Dyrek	...	Un policier
Michel Fortin	...	Un ouvrier / Un CRS
Henri Guybet	...	Un ouvrier

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

sex | very little dialogue | bricklayer | black humor | demolition | 

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Taglines:

One day, Themroc just blew up. He chucked his job, destroyed his flat, made it with his sister, dined on a cop and turned on the whole neighborhood.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Release Date:

October 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Il mangiaguardie

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmanthrope, Les Productions FDL

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The language heard in this movie can be described as Gibberish.

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Connections

Referenced in Tabarnac (1975)

User Reviews

Deeply political and a great commentary on humans and our wester society

It is obvious that words, wonderful photography, direction and profound lessons are not needed in a film in order for it to pass its messages across to its viewers. Themroc is a movie with no dialogue so that it can be seen by any human around the world and still understand how authority has separated us and divided us in order to use us. Themroc is an ode to symbolism, a prime example of how you can do political commentary and show to people that freedom is easy to attain and that half measures is the mean authority uses to control us. More than that, Themroc examines human sexuality, sexism, exploitation and the limitations modern society has set for us thus limiting our life experience and happiness.

I absolutely recommend watching it if you manage to fin this film. 10/10