95 minutes
10/8/1973
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.
Françoise Fabian
as Marthe / Eva
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Denis Mallet
Jane Birkin
as Kate / Hélène
Bulle Ogier
as Camille
Jacques Weber
as Philippe / Le comédien
Barbara Laage
as Madeleine
Jean-François Gobbi
as Samy
Sabine Glaser
as Sonia
Françoise Saint-Laurent
as Colette
Yan Brian
as Eric
Elisabeth Huppert
as La femme d'Eric
Albert Simono
as Le voyageur empressé
François Dyrek
as L'autre metteur en scène
Jean-Louis Fortuit
as Eric jeune
Pierre Bonasse
as Raymond
Jonathan Hunther
as Le jeune Américain
Albert Michel
as Le concierge de Denis
Joël Felzines
as Jean-Michel
Jérôme Kaminsky
as Garçon de l'autoroute 1
Raymond Huguen
as Garçon de l'autoroute 2