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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Michel Soutter Director · Jean Zeller Cinematographer Eliane Heimo Editor
First release February 16, 1967 · Produced in Switzerland · Original title La lune avec les dents
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Switzerland
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Original title
La lune avec les dents
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · February 16, 1967
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