Heavy traffic in the summer. Bad luck for Juliet, Albert, Jaeger and Arthur who does not reach their destination. Involved in a terrible accident that will change their lives forever.
Acting
Jean-Pierre Marielle's weary everyman carrying cosmic absurdity.
Direction
Denis Amar turns a traffic jam into existential purgatory.
Director
Denis Amar
Carole Laure
Juliette Delors
Jean Yanne
Arthur Colonna
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Albert Pourrat
Philippe Ogouz
Jean-Claude Jaeger
Christopher Lambert
Hospital doctor
Richard Anconina
Looter after the accident
Louis Seigner
Old man from the junkyard
Danièle Lebrun
Florence Rouvier
Georges Wilson
Professor Kalendarian
Philippe Brizard
Jules Giroux
Charlotte Maury-Sentier
Raymond's wife
Daniel Sarky
Kalendarian's assistant surgeon
René Bouloc
Sewn
Etienne Chicot
Caron, junkyard boss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christopher Lambert appears briefly as the hospital doctor before his breakout in Greystoke and Highlander.
Released during France's 1981 political shift, the film's fatalism mirrored national anxiety about economic stagnation and social fracture.
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