THE LORRY
synopsis
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.
original title: | Le camion |
country: | France |
year: | 1977 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marguerite Duras |
film run: | 76' |
release date: | FR 06/05/1977, DE 03/06/1978 |
screenplay: | Marguerite Duras |
cast: | Gérard Depardieu, Marguerite Duras |
cinematography by: | Bruno Nuytten |
film editing: | Dominique Auvray |
producer: | François Barat, Pierre Barat |