A suicidal friend, a vengeful artist, and a machine that manifests your darkest dreams—what could go wrong?
An artist grows hateful of commercial demands on his questionable talents when his friend and artist commits suicide. He puts the blame for his friend's death on an art critic and a shady art dealer. He is able to take out his frustrations on the pretentious critic at a party. When an elderly man moves into the boarding house, he brings a machine he invented that can make people realize their subconscious dreams...
Direction
Jean-Daniel Simon's aggressively pretentious visual metaphors
Acting
Michel Duchaussoy's barely hinged descent into madness
Practical Effects
Janky dream machine that looks like a prop from Doctor Who
Director
Jean-Daniel Simon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Vanel was 83 during filming, already a legend from Diabolique and The Wages of Fear.
This bombed so hard it vanished for decades, becoming a genuine lost film until a 2018 restoration.
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