Times hangs heavy on Monsieur Valois. A retired widower, he has
nothing to do but watch the world go by. As he watches, his
impression of the world changes. He begins to see that what he
has thought was happiness is a mere illusion, a cloak that masks the
true reality of a miserable existence. Life is an
aberration, something that is inherently bad, he concludes, and sets
out to prove the point by committing a murder...
Cast:Pierre Arditi (Pierre Valois),
Marie-Christine Barrault (Florence Valois),
Milan Argaud (Garçon fête foraine),
Jean-Paul Bazziconi (Serveur café),
Sandrine Le Berre (Margaux),
Paul Borne (Client café),
Georges Caudron (L'employé),
Fadila Belkebla (Mme Cheidi),
Pierre Cognon (L'homme au chien),
Christophe Correia (Tireur fusil),
Christelle Charpentier (Employée accueil 1),
Anne Deleuze (La commissaire),
Patrick Farrugia (Le bonimenteur),
Liliane Coutanceau (Employée accueil 2),
Vincent Gauthier (Le SDF),
Bernard Haller (Louis),
Patrick Laval (Joueur de boules 1),
Violeta Ferrer (La SDF),
Maxime Lombard (Alberto),
Julie Marboeuf (La prostituée)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White / Color
Runtime: 84 min
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
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