A man settles himself in his bathroom so that he can read and meditate
in peace. Disturbed by two Polish painters, he decides to move
into a hotel room in Venice. His peace is broken once more by the
arrival of his partner who has a hard time trying to communicate with
him.
Script: John Lvoff, Jean-Philippe Toussaint (novel)
Cinematographer: Philippe Chazal,
Jean-Claude Larrieu
Music: Charlélie Couture
Cast: Tom Novembre (The Main Character),
Gunilla Karlzen (Edmondsson),
Manfred Andrae (Mother's Friend),
Roland Bertin (Former Tenant),
Teco Celio (Barman),
Barbara Cupisti (Doctor's Wife),
Maurizio De Razza (Doctor),
Charlotte de Turckheim (Brigitte),
Zazie Delem (Edmondsson's Friend),
Anouk Ferjac (Main Character's Mothe),
Philippe Laudenbach (Hotel Customer),
Jean-Claude Leguay (Edmondsson's Friend),
Coralie Lemaire (Doctor's Daughter),
François-Régis Marchasson (Receptonnist),
Philippe Morier-Genoud (Family Friend),
Héléna Noguerra (Woman Inside the Supermarket),
Frankie Pain (Nurse),
Jerzy Piwowarczyk (Jean-Marie Kowalskazinski),
Aurore Prieto (Nurse),
Jirí Stanislav (Vitold Kabrowinski)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 93 min
Aka:The Bathroom
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