A man walks into an empty world and nobody's there to hear the existential scream.
After getting painfully separated from the woman he loves, Julien leaves his apartment. He goes in search of his old friends but no one is to be found and the city is silent.
Cinematography
Empty Paris streets that haunt you for days.
Acting
Terzieff's wordless desperation in a world without witnesses.
Director
Iradj Azimi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during France's late-70s political malaise, the film channels collective anxiety about societal collapse and personal irrelevance.
Dominique Sanda appears almost entirely in flashback/dream; she and Terzieff had previously starred together in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
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