Quote:
In this French tour-de-force a young student (Jacques Speisser) decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him. His inner musings as he wanders the luminous streets of Paris are narrated in the form of an unwritten diary by Ludmila Mikael.

Time Out review:

A hypnotic solo by its mute hero, a young man who decides to withdraw from the world and whose mental journal of his experience is confided to us by a girl’s voice off-screen, Un Homme qui Dort is an astonishing tour de force. What distinguishes it from all those ventures in spiritual navel-gazing is that his decision to not-be is purely practical, and the parabola he traces from boredom to terror – as he gradually detaches himself to float free within an indefinable menace – is brilliantly conveyed by the other leading character in the film: the city of Paris. The influence of Franju is unmistakable, and wholly beneficial.

http://nitroflare.com/view/01C74ACFCE26706/Un.Homme.qui.Dort.1974.APH.DVDRip.x264-MaZ.mkv

Language(s):Includes both French and English audio tracks
Subtitles:English, Spanish, English for non eng parts

The post Bernard Queysanne – Un homme qui dort AKA The Man Asleep (1974) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

At 25, Helena (Mimsy Farmer) is “middle-aged” for a prostitute. When 15-year-old Julien’s callow friends try to pick her up (not knowing that she is a prostitute), she allows Julien (Pascal Sellier) to win her favors. Something about him appeals to her, and she sees him from time to time. Bespelled by his first sexual and romantic experiences with her, he is at first blind to the nature of her profession but gradually understands it. Meanwhile, she has come to care for the boy more than she planned to, and to keep from causing him further harm, she breaks off with him. Even though Julien is devastated, his father, an understanding man, is able to help.

http://www.nitroflare.com/view/685EA4306BAFE2E/l-amantdepoche.avi

http://keep2share.cc/file/51f92c7872a25/L%27amantdepoche.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:none

The post Bernard Queysanne – L’amant de poche AKA The Pocket Lover (1978) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

english description :
In this French tour-de-force a young student (Jacques Speisser) decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him. His inner musings as he wanders the luminous streets of Paris are narrated in the form of an unwritten diary by Ludmila Mikael.

french description :
La crise intérieure d’un jeune étudiant qui refuse soudain de continuer à vivre et entame volontairement une existence solitaire et indifférente. Coupant tous les contacts avec l’entourage, il découvre la fascination de l’observation interminable des objets: un mur, un arbre, un jeu de cartes. Les gestes usuels, se vêtir, se nourrir, lire le journal, perdent toute signification. De longues promenades dans Paris, des haltes dans les bars, le mutisme lui permettent de poser un autre regard sur les êtres et les choses. Mais, avec le temps, ce regard débusque le vide, la solitude pèse; le refus de la communication emprisonne, et débouche finalement sur une angoisse de plus en plus insupportable. La vie “d’un homme qui rêve” ne peut satisfaire les besoins de l’individu. L’indifférence forcenée n’a qu’un temps. A l’issue de son “voyage au bout du sommeil”, le héros reprend pied dans la vie quotidienne.

https://nitro.download/view/CD4D02F27412F9D/Un.homme.qui.dort.1974.Perec.avi
http://www.nitroflare.com/view/4483FD8420D1290/Un_Homme_qui_dort__Georges_Perec__1974_.srt

language:french
Subs:english

The post Bernard Queysanne – Un homme qui dort aka The Man Asleep (1974) first appeared on Cinema of the World.