Asphalte (1981)
Directed by Denis Amar
Comedy / Drama
aka: Asphalt
Asphalte (1981)
Film Synopsis
It is 31st July, the day on which millions of people across France set off on their summer holidays. But some of them will not reach their destination. Many will end up in hospital, victims of road accidents. Some will survive, others will not. The carnage begins early in the morning. A man, Jean-Claude Jaeger, is spared when his car crashes, but his wife is not. In a daze, he wanders down the motorway, not knowing that his child is safe and that the police are looking for him. Albert Pourrat couldn't wait for the brakes of his car to be repaired - if he had been more prudent his son would not have ended up being paralysed for the rest of his life...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Denis Amar
- Script: Jean-Pierre Petrolacci
- Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
- Music: Laurent Petitgirard
- Cast: Carole Laure (Juliette Delors), Jean Yanne (Arthur Colonna), Jean-Pierre Marielle (Albert Pourrat), Philippe Ogouz (Jean-Claude Jaeger), Louis Seigner (Le vieux monsieur), Danièle Lebrun (Florence Rouvier), Nicole Vassel (Nicole Pourrat), René Bouloc (Le cousu), Daniel Sarky (Le chirurgien collègue de Kalendarian), Christophe Bourseiller (Le mécanicien du garage), Etienne Chicot (Caron), Christian Morin (Lui-même), Bernard Verley (L'ami de Montpellier), Georges Wilson (Le professeur Kalendarian), Richard Anconina (Un pilleur), Daniel Bilalian (Le journaliste d'Antenne 2), Philippe Brizard (Jules Giroux), Jacques Chailleux (Un ambulancier), François Dyrek (Edward), Pierre Frag (Le marchand de valises)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 100 min
- Aka: Asphalt
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