Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gérard Depardieu | ... | Alphonse Tram | |
Bernard Blier | ... | Inspecteur Morvandieu / Insp. Morvandieu | |
Jean Carmet | ... | L'assassin / The murderer | |
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Denise Gence | ... | L'hôtesse / The hostess |
Marco Perrin | ... | Le maçon / The man in undershirt | |
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Jean Benguigui | ... | L'homme en noir / The hired killer |
Carole Bouquet | ... | Le jeune femme / The young woman at the end | |
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Jean Rougerie | ... | Eugène Léonard, le témoin |
Liliane Rovère | ... | Josyane | |
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Bernard Crombey | ... | Le toubib / The doctor (as Bernard Crommbey) |
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Michel Fortin | ... | L'escogriffe |
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Roger Riffard | ... | Le garde de la tour |
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Maurice Travail | ... | Le garde du terrain vague |
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Nicole Desailly | ... | La femme divorcée |
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Pierre Frag | ... | L'homme divorcé |
Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour is the police chief-inspector Morvandieu. Then a third man appears: he is Alphonse's wife's murderer... Bizarre and unreal. Written by Yepok
Seriously, Gerard Depardieu has done very little for English language cinema. 1492? My Father The Hero? Green Card? I'll pass, thanks. But with subtitles he's great. This little-known absurdist drama puts him as one of three mismatched men linked by murder and random chance. The films opens at a train station where Depardieu meets a man who is soon dead possibly by Depardieu's own hand. His wife dismisses it, but is soon dead herself. The police detective upstairs doesn't want to know, he has his own problems. And then the wife's murderer shows up for a chat. Could be a terrible thriller is a bizarre comedy. The daunting, oppressive cityscapes in the bulk of the film eventually give way to a disconcerting bucolic countryside for the finale, but the surrealism never lets up. Enter this world, and don't expect to leave intact.