Protagonist is the young actor Yvan. During a tour, he witnesses the inexplicable suicide of one of his fellow actors. Back in Paris he tells Xénie, the ex-lover of the dead actor. Xénie is in love with Yvan, but the latter sinks deeper and deeper into a personal crisis. At a certain point he acts being blind and buys a pair of glasses with black lenses. He is fascinated by his new, more restricted manner of seeing and refuses to open his eyes. Reality makes way for his more and more obsessive imagination. The mixture of fantasy and reality meant that Santoni's approach was compared with that of Buñuel.
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Cast
19 people
Gérard Desarthe
Yvan
Known for
Daens
Uranus
Lorraine Rainer
Xénie
Known for
Eden and After
This Man Must Die
Joël Santoni
Pierre-William Glenn
Léonard
Claude Breuer
Marcel Dalio
Le vieux monsieur
Known for
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
The Rules of the Game
Jeanne Bronner
Jean Carmet
Raoul
Known for
The Cabbage Soup
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Lucien Raimbourg
Pépère
Known for
Asterix the Gaul
That Man from Rio
Thierry Derocles
Dominique Labourier
Caroline
Jean Lescot
Un agent commercial
Known for
Pardon Mon Affaire
My American Uncle
Joël Santoni Director · Claude Breuer Writer Jeanne Bronner Writer
First release April 5, 1974 · Produced in France · Original title Les Yeux fermés
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Delfilms
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France
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Original title
Les Yeux fermés
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 5, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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