The Man Without a Head (2003)
"L'homme sans tête" (original title)

Phelps, a solitary man who lives in a big industrial city by the sea, is very happy tonight. He is getting ready for a ball. And not any ball, a dance to which the young woman he loves has ... See full summary »

Director:

Juan Solanas

Writer:

Juan Solanas

Stars:

Laurent Bert, Yannick Blivet, Christophe Botti

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Laurent Bert	...	Un client du bar
Yannick Blivet	...	Le vendeur de journaux (voice)
Christophe Botti	...	Le vendeur de têtes bellâtre
Stephane Botti	...	La deuxième tête
Ambre Boukebza	...	La jeune femme
Patrick Béthune	...	Le fleuriste / Un docker (voice)
Damien Carrand	...	Le vendeur de journaux
Laurent Casanova	...	L'homme au vélo
Evelyne Chartier	...	Le corps de la cliente âgée au visage jeune
Jacques Cusin	...	L'acheteur de journaux
Alain Donadio	...	Un docker
Laure Dratler	...	L'une des trois jeunes femmes (voice)
Philippe Ferrandini	...	Un docker
Danielle Hazan	...	Les clientes / L'une des trois jeunes femmes (voice)
Alain Hocine	...	Alain Phelps

Storyline

Phelps, a solitary man who lives in a big industrial city by the sea, is very happy tonight. He is getting ready for a ball. And not any ball, a dance to which the young woman he loves has agreed to come. Tonight he will declare his flame and and it makes him feel like dancing... But there is something wrong with Phelps, at least in his own "eyes": he does not have a head! That is why he sets out to buy a head that suits him to please his lady...

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Plot Keywords:

flowers | flower market

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Genres:

Short | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France Argentina

Language:

French

Release Date:

18 December 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

El hombre sin cabeza

Filming Locations:

Bar Les Flots Bleus - 82 Corniche Kennedy, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Conseil Régional de Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur, France 3 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

18 min 18 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The post production lasted 900 days.

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Connections

Featured in Phelps l'homme sans tête - Making of (2004)

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Soundtracks

"All of you"
Composed by Cole Porter (1954)

User Reviews

A short feast

i saw this little big surprise at the Athens Film Festival tonight and was stunned. I thought it was very poetic and completely surreal. I believe that its main influence was Jean Pierre Jeunet whose cinematic vision seems to spread on to new evangelists. Formidable, elegant and ...extremely expensive-looking for a short. A treat.