Summary
Despite his best efforts, Paul, a once successful writer, cannot
overcome the crippling mental block that is preventing him from writing
his next book. His wife Camille does her best to reassure him but
soon Paul’s anxieties begin to put their relationship under a severe
strain. In a moment of crisis, Paul walks out of the family home
and launches himself into a new mode of living, away from his creature
comforts and middleclass certainties. But will this passage
through Bohemia be enough to unleash Paul’s creativity...?
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Credits
- Director: Luc Béraud
- Script: Luc Béraud, Claude Miller
- Photo: Bruno Nuytten
- Music: Antoine Duhamel, Maurice Jarre
- Cast: Jean-François Stévenin (Paul), Bernadette Lafont (Camille), Virginie Thévenet (Nathalie), Claude Miller (Pierre), Sandy Withelaw (Prokosch), Marion Game (Sylvie), Valérie Quennessen (Nietzsce student), Poussine Mercanton (Marie-Cécile), Marc Lévy (Gus, le voyageur), Jo Perque (Usherette), Michel Blanc (Reveller), Josiane Balasko, Maurice Bernard, Alain Centonze
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 110 min
- Aka: Like a Turtle on Its Back
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