Manoel de Oliveira plays his film in three stages: the first part - a play, the second can be roughly defined as a silent film (with the behind the scenes read excerpts from Beckett works), but in the end the director brilliantly performs the same material of the avant-garde exercise. Surprisingly, a joke, repeated three times, each time everything sounds fresh and develops into an almost verbatim adaptation of the biblical "Book of Job" - a spectacular point in a parable about how hard to empathize with other people's misery, when you have your own.
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Bulle Ogier
Actrice n° 1
Known for
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Venus Beauty Institute
Axel Bogousslavsky
L'Employé
Known for
The Return of Martin Guerre
Paulo Branco
Manoel de Oliveira
Also in
Doomed Love
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Zé Branco
Luís Miguel Cintra
L'Intrus
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
The Dancer Upstairs
Mário Barroso
José Régio
Also in
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
Romance de Vila do Conde
Fred Personne
L'Auteur
Known for
Welcome to the Sticks
Asterix and Cleopatra
Samuel Beckett
Joaquim Pinto
Also in
A Brief History of Princess X
A True and Faithful Account
Wladimir Ivanovsky
Le spectateur
Also in
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Sarraounia
Manoel de Oliveira Director · José Régio Writer Jacques Parsi Writer
First release September 25, 1986 · Produced in France, Portugal · Production Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
Production
Filmargem
Production
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Production
Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
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La Sept Cinéma
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Les Films du Passage
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France · Portugal
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Original title
Mon Cas
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Portugal · September 25, 1986
Theatrical
France · October 14, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 1987 · Berlin International Film Festival
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