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París-Tombuctú

1999 · 113 min

A weary, wry midlife journey that drifts between absurd encounters and quiet melancholy, more reflective than laugh-out-loud.

Directed by
Luis García Berlanga
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Michel Piccoli, Concha Velasco, Amparo Soler Leal
Overview
The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.

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Directed by
Luis García Berlanga
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Michel Piccoli, Concha Velasco, Amparo Soler Leal
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • aging
  • freedom
  • family
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Luis García Berlanga
Written by
Luis García Berlanga, Javier G. Amezua, Antonio Gómez Rufo, Jorge Berlanga
Starring
Michel Piccoli, Concha Velasco, Amparo Soler Leal, Juan Diego, Santiago Segura, Antonio Resines, Javier Gurruchaga, Guillermo Montesinos
Cinematography
Hans Burmann
Runtime
113 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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