The Man Who Lies (1968)

  • NR
  • 03/27/1968 (FR)
  • Mystery, Drama, War
  • 1h 37m

Overview

A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Director, Writer

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant's headshot

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jan Robin / Boris Varissa
Sylvie Bréal's headshot

Sylvie Bréal

Maria
Zuzana Kocúriková's headshot

Zuzana Kocúriková

Laura
Dominique Prado's headshot

Dominique Prado

Lisa the Barmaid
Catherine Robbe-Grillet's headshot

Catherine Robbe-Grillet

Druggist
Sylvia Turbová's headshot

Sylvia Turbová

Sylvia
Ivan Mistrík's headshot

Ivan Mistrík

Jean
Dušan Blaškovič's headshot

Dušan Blaškovič

Taverner

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