Synopsis
Deciding at a late stage to learn how to drive, the narrator first befriends Pascale Polougaïevski, the young woman who manages the offices of the driving school, and then her father, when the latter arrives bringing jars of cornichons. The three of them travel together in the father's convertible to the suburbs in searcch of a bottle of gas. When the car breaks down, they are forced to come back by subway. In the afternoon Pascale goes to her dance (sevillane) class and the narrator goes with her. Without revealing the end, although foresseeable, they go to London the following week in a driving school car.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Les Films des Tournelles
- Co-productions : Arte France Cinéma, La Sept Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Les Films de l'Étang, Belbo film productions, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Rezo Films
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producers : Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Pascal Judelewicz
- Adaptation : Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Screenwriter : Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Director of Photography : Jean-François Robin
- Assistant directors : Christophe Delmas, Véronique Labrid
- Editor : Sylvie Pontoizeau
- Sound Recordist : Dominique Warnier
- Costume designer : Fabienne Katany
- Author of original work : Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Assistant Operator : David Ungaro
- Production Manager : Jean-Jacques Albert
- Press Attaché (film) : Agathe Melinand
- Continuity supervisor : Véronique Heuchenne
- Production Designer : Jean-Claude Bemeels (De)
- Sound Mixer : Éric Tisserand
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, The Netherlands, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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