À l'heure où les grands fauves vont boire (1993)
Directed by Pierre Jolivet

Comedy
aka: Trapped by a Dream

Film Synopsis

Adrien is so very close to seducing the woman of his desires when he is suddenly woken up by the telephone.  The woman of his dreams is not a figment of his imagination.  She exists - an ethnologist who has just made a documentary film - and Adrien is determined to get to know her more intimately.  To that end, he sets out to impress her with a collection of Zulu weaponry supplied by a friend who scrapes a living on the black market...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Jolivet
  • Script: Pierre Jolivet
  • Cinematographer: Bertrand Chatry
  • Cast: Eric Métayer (Adrien Bernadet), Marc Jolivet (Yoska), Isabelle Gélinas (Elle), Arlette Thomas (La mère de Yoska), François Berléand (Le cousin)
  • Country: France / Switzerland
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Aka: Trapped by a Dream

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