The Departure (1967)

03/06/1967Comedy, Drama, Romance1h 25m
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Overview

A young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice attempts to get a Porsche by all means for his nearing debut race and meets a girl in the same time.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Marc

  2. Cast 1

    Catherine-Isabelle Duport

    Michèle

  3. Cast 1

    Jacqueline Bir

    The Woman

  4. Paul Roland

    The Boss

  5. Paul Frère

    Self

  6. Leon Dony

    Car Salesman

  7. Lucien Charbonnier

    Sausage Seller

  8. Georges Aubrey

  9. John Dobrynine

    Marc's Friend

A film that never stops to breathe, when perhaps it should. Lots of striking imagery. I especially loved all the various shots of cars, especially the half car. Léaud’s character is mental and he plays it very well. Also an amazing title sequence 3.5/5

Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

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