Life Size (1977)

  • NR
  • 04/27/1977 (ES)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 41m

Overview

When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only intrigued by it at first. Then the silent unresponsiveness of the thing begins to haunt him, and he finds himself reacting to it as if it were an equally unresponsive living woman. As time passes, more and more of his life is spent trying to satisfy or placate its relentless silence, and he goes somewhat mad. He dresses the doll and takes it with him wherever he goes. When his usually very tolerant wife discovers what is going on, her jealousy knows no bounds and she attempts to imitate this threatening love-object. The light-hearted quality of this addle-pated fantasy darkens quickly when various neighborhood men attempt to put the doll to its originally intended use.

Luis García Berlanga

Director, Writer

Rafael Azcona

Screenplay

Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer

Cast

Valentine Tessier's headshot

Valentine Tessier

La mère
Michel Piccoli's headshot

Michel Piccoli

Michel
Rada Rassimov's headshot

Rada Rassimov

Isabelle
Michel Aumont's headshot

Michel Aumont

Henry
Lucienne Hamon's headshot

Lucienne Hamon

Juliette
Queta Claver's headshot

Queta Claver

Maria-Luisa
Manuel Alexandre's headshot

Manuel Alexandre

Jose-Luis
Amparo Soler Leal's headshot

Amparo Soler Leal

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