Summaries

Alphonse lives in an empty building. Empty but for one neighbour, the police captain Morvandieu. When the man who have killed Alphonse's wife appears, the three men will be thrown in a serie of event in a surrealist world.

Bizarre, unreal black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour is the police chief-inspector Morvandieu. The third man is the murderer of Alphonse's wife.—Yepok

Details

Keywords
  • homicide
  • uxoricide
  • man and woman in a bed
  • parisian suburb
  • asking to be killed
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Dec 18, 1979
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin France
Language French
Filming locations Lavars, Isère, France
Production companies Sara Films France 2 (FR2)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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