Le Grand Départ
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1972
French release15/11/1972
Runtime1 h 11 min
Synopsis
A mysterious man, who calls himself Cain , withdraws from the world masquerading as a holy man and brings with him a young girl, Innocence, promising that they will soon reach paradise, where Monsieur Nature reigns. The non-narrative story is an allegory follows the adventures of a man in a cat-mask. He is seen, variously, rescuing people or raping women, or tenderly reassuring a young girl. In short, he is an unpredictable element. He joins forces with someone (Sterling Hayden) who is taking a raft around the world, or maybe out of the world. Highlights of the film are the short scenes which appear with their color the right way 'round.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Sunchild Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
- French distribution : NEF Diffusion
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Stéphane Tchalgadjieff
- Director of Photography : Jean-Jacques Flori
- Assistant directors : Bernard Cohn, Christine Lipinska
- Editors : Monique Giraudy, Martine Kalfon
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Pierre Ruh
- Assistant Operator : Ortrud Roch
- Continuity supervisor : Jeanine Euvrard
- Location Manager : Jean-Claude Valezy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Experimental
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1972
- French release : 15/11/1972
- Runtime : 1 h 11 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
