L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma

Oct 2 1985 N/A 1h 25m
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.

Plot

Two insomniacs,a peeping tom teacher and a hunch-backed boxer,meet one night on the Alma bridge.They watch a couple who takes a walk on the banks of the Seine:the woman is pregnant.Some time later ,they meet up with her again and rape her.She commits suicide.Both criminals abuse other victims ,including a doctor's patient.This physician was their first victim's husband.

Written by

Raúl Ruiz

Directed by

Raúl Ruiz

Cast

Michael Lonsdale, Olimpia Carlisi, Jean Badin

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
93
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA