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Tête d'horloge
Jean-Paul Sassy
- 1970
- France
- Philosophical tale
- 1h45mn
- French
- Color
Never shown in theaters
Panic in Paris ! All the clocks have stopped. Only old Professor Drouin’s watch still gives the time. He’s soon nicknamed “Clock Head”. While his students investigate rumors, Fine Faisan, a crooked industrialist, will try anything to steal his watch.
Directed by a TV director accustomed to Jean Richard’s Maigret series, and who was also a supervisor and assistant director for Chabrol, Cayatte or Hawks(!), this is a superb philosophical tale in the style of Marcel Aymé, with an unforgettable Pierre Fresnay in the lead role, a work of unrestrained poetry, with an unexpected and beautiful ending.
Screenings
15/09 • 15h00 • Screen 100
Screening in partnership with the INA
Credits
- With : Pierre Fresnay, Claude Cerval, Paul Le Person, Sophie Grimaldi...
- Screenplay : Jean Pradeau, Michèle Auzépy
- Photography : Jacques Manier
- Music by : Michèle Auzépy
- Production : ORTF
