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The Big Departure

19726.0 / 1071 min
Drama, Fantasy

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...

Cast

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

Crew

Jean-Louis Bertuccelli

Jean-Louis Bertuccelli

Other

Gong

Gong

Music

Martial Raysse

Martial Raysse

Writer

Jean-Jacques Flori

Jean-Jacques Flori

Director of Photography

Monique Giraudy

Monique Giraudy

Editor

Martine Kalfon

Martine Kalfon

Editor

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Sound Engineer

Martial Raysse

Martial Raysse

Director