A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 27, 1977
Original Title:
Le Camion
Alternate Titles:
Der Lastwagen
The Truck
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Auditel
Cinéma 9
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: TP
Runtime: 76
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.
Assistant Director:
Jean-David Lefebvre
Camera Operator:
Eric Adjani
Joël Quentin
Director:
Marguerite Duras
Director of Photography:
Bruno Nuytten
Editor:
Dominique Auvray
Caroline Camus
Music:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Producer:
François Barat
Pierre Barat
Script Supervisor:
Isabelle Adjani
Sound:
Michel Vionnet
Writer:
Marguerite Duras
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