Summary The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land. View more details
Directed : Luis García Berlanga
Written : Jorge Berlanga Luis García Berlanga Antonio Gómez Rufo
Stars : Michel Piccoli Concha Velasco Amparo Soler Leal Juan Diego
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Sep 9, 1999
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish French
Filming locations : Peñíscola, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : Anola Films S.L. Calabuch Films Freedonia
Summary The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Sep 9, 1999
Countries of origin : Spain
Language : Spanish French
Filming locations : Peñíscola, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : Anola Films S.L. Calabuch Films Freedonia
