The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985)

  • NR
  • 10/02/1985 (FR)
  • 1h 13m

Overview

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.

Raúl Ruiz

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Michael Lonsdale's headshot

Michael Lonsdale

Antonie
Olimpia Carlisi's headshot

Olimpia Carlisi

Jean Badin's headshot

Jean Badin

Jean-Bernard Guillard's headshot

Jean-Bernard Guillard

Melvil Poupaud's headshot

Melvil Poupaud

Franck Oger's headshot

Franck Oger

Kim Massee's headshot

Kim Massee

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