Summary
Ossorio, a former surgeon, returns to his home town after a long
absence. Since he left for the front, everything has
changed. The town is occupied by an army and the population are
desperate to escape. The only way out is by boat, but the tickets
are too expensive for most ordinary people. Ossorio makes his way
through the war-ravaged town, looking for his partner. It is a
desperate and distressing quest...
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Credits
- Director: Werner Schroeter
- Script: Juan Carlos Onetti (novel), Werner Schroeter, Gilles Taurand
- Photo: Thomas Plenert
- Music: Eberhard Kloke
- Cast: Pascal Greggory (Ossorio), Bruno Todeschini (Morasan), Amira Casar (Irène), Eric Caravaca (Villar), Nathalie Delon (Risso), Marc Barbé (Vargas), Jean-François Stévenin (Martins), Bulle Ogier (Doña Inês), Laura Martin (Victoria), Mostefa Djadjam (Granowsky), Lena Schwarz (Rosaria), João Baptista (Juan), Pascale Schiller (Agnès), Oleg Zhukov (Max), Filipe Duarte (Júlio), Sami Frey (Barcala), Elsa Zylberstein (Maria de Souza), Laura Soveral (La mère de Rosaria), Patrícia Guerreiro (Lola 1), Catarina Guimarães (Lola 2)
- Country: Portugal / Germany / France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 110 min
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