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The Moon by Our Teeth (1967) [N/A]

Featuring:
William Wissmer, Noëlle Frémont, Michel Fidanza

Written by:
Michel Soutter

Directed by:
Michel Soutter


Release Date:
February 16, 1967

Original Title:
La lune avec les dents

Genres:
Drama

Production Countries:
Switzerland

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 78

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Rankings and Honors

The Moon by Our Teeth (1967) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10

Performers

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Production

Assistant Director:
Jean-Charles Pellaud

Director:
Michel Soutter

Director of Photography:
Jean Zeller

Editor:
Eliane Heimo

Music:
Jacques Olivier

Producer:
Anita Oser
Michel Soutter

Writer:
Michel Soutter

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