The Moon by Our Teeth

Overview

The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 16, 1967

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Switzerland

Cast

Noëlle Frémont,Manuela Dahm,Janet Haufler,Michel Fidanza,William Wissmer

Director

Michel Soutter

Writer

Michel Soutter

Producer

Michel Soutter,Anita Oser

Cinematography

Jean Zeller

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1271979