Movie: The Big Departure

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Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden

M. Nature / The Leader

Anne Wiazemsky
Anne Wiazemsky

Mona Lisa

Gilles Raysse
Gilles Raysse

Caïn

Lucienne Hamon
Lucienne Hamon

Mme Nature

Alexandre Raysse
Alexandre Raysse

Innocence

Jackie Raynal
Jackie Raynal

Sterling Hayden's Wife

Okacha Touita
Okacha Touita

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    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...

  • Release Date

    1972-11-15

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    4.667

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    2.3 starts
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