The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
145 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard QueysanneDirector
- Georges PerecScreenplay
Cast
- Jacques SpiesserMan
- Ludmila MikaëlNarrator
Stills
Themes
depressionnihilismsurrealismexistentialismanomie