A group of students hang out at the Eden cafe, swapping tale of adventures and fantasies. The sudden arrival of a mysterious stranger upsets their collective daydreaming and starts a cycle of ‘surreal’ events.
Credits: Producer, Maurice Urbain ; director, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; photography, Igor Luther ; music, Michel Fano.
Cast: Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Lorraine Rainer, Sylvain Corthay, Richard Leduc.
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ACMI Identifier
X000229
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)