Bobosse is increasingly immersing himself into the world of theater and experiencing his role as an actor more intensively. He plays in a piece where a man is abandoned by his wife and processes this philosophically. When his wife actually abandons him, he becomes embarrassed and plans to kill her.
Acting
François Périer plays nine roles—including every juror at his own trial.
Direction
Périer blurs stage and life until you can't tell the exit from the entrance.
Director
Étienne Périer
Micheline Presle
Régine / Simone
François Périer
Tony Varlet / Bobosse / The six jurors / President of the court / Attorney general / Lawyer / Guard
Jacques Jouanneau
Édgar / Léon
Armande Navarre
Anne-Marie / Gilberte
Jacques Dufilho
Gaston, manservant
Hubert Deschamps
Prompter
Charles Bouillaud
Stage manager
Paul Mercey
Agent-spectator
Elisabeth Manet
Minouche
Jean Tissier
Uncle Émile / Masurier
Jacques Fabbri
Radio-reporter
Marc Arian
Spectator (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
(uncredited)
Piéral
Dwarf (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
François Périer and director Étienne Périer were brothers, making this an intensely personal collaboration.
Released during the Nouvelle Vague explosion, this theatrical chamber piece offered a counterpoint to Godard's jump cuts—same era, different rebellion.
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