1972
6.0 (2 votes)
1h 11m
Genres
Drama
Fantasy
Production Companies
Sunchild Productions
The Big Departure (Le Grand Départ)
Overview
This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...
Key Crew
Director: Martial Raysse
Director of Photography: Jean-Jacques Flori
Writer: Martial Raysse
Top Cast
Sterling Hayden
M. Nature / The Leader
Anne Wiazemsky
Mona Lisa
Gilles Raysse
Caïn
Lucienne Hamon
Mme Nature
Alexandre Raysse
Innocence
Jackie Raynal
Sterling Hayden's Wife
