The Insomniac on the Bridge

The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985)

02/10/1985
1h 13m

Overview

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.

  • Raúl RuizDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French