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1996 | Color | 123 min

The husband who goes out for cigarettes and never comes back, the university professor who abandons his wife to live on the street, the servant who?s really a millionaire in disguise. Ruiz combines several of these anecdotes into what he calls a "Cubist pattern" that focuses on one resident of Paris


Country: Francia
Direction: Ruiz; Raúl
Script: Bonitzer; Pascal, Rui; Raúl
Production: Branc; Paulo
Photography: Machue; Laurent
Sound: Poirier; Laurent
Music: Arriagada; Jorge
Cast:Paredes; Marisa, Poupaud; Melvil, Atkine; Feodor, Gautier; Jean-yves, Mastroianni; Marcello, Pieiller; Jacques, Mastroianni; Chiara, Dombasle; Arielle, Galiena; Anna, Bellemare; Pierre
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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