The Lorry

Overview

In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 27, 1977

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french

Countries

France

Production

Auditel,Cinéma 9,Auditel, Cinéma 9

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0075799