La Tortue sur le dos (1978)
Dir: Luc Béraud Comedy / Drama
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Overview
La Tortue sur le dos is a French film comedy-drama first released in 1978,
directed by Luc Béraud.
The film stars Jean-François Stévenin , Bernadette Lafont, Virginie Thévenet, Claude Miller and Sandy Withelaw.
It has also been released under the title: Like a Turtle on Its Back.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
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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