As he sets off for the countryside outside Geneva a taxi-driver hears a gunshot and notices a shadowy figure slipping away from the scene. So begins a series of strange incidents.
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Cast
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Harriett Ariel
Eva
Also in
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Girl with the Cello
Jean-Luc Bideau
Hector
Known for
H
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Michel Soutter
Michel Bühler
Ernst Bertschi
Serge Nicoloff
James
Also in
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Claire au pays du silence
Simon Edelstein
Nicole Zufferey
The fiancée
Also in
Les nénuphars
The Girl with the Cello
Peter Begert
Jacques Denis
Narcisse
Known for
I... for Icarus
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Marcel Sommerer
Daniel Stuffel
The young man
Also in
The Salamander
The Apple
Michel Soutter Director · Simon Edelstein Cinematographer Yvette Schladenhaufen Editor
First release May 12, 1970 · Produced in Switzerland · Production Groupe 5, TSR
Production
Arada Film
Production
Groupe 5
Production
TSR
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Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
James ou pas
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 12, 1970
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 1, 1971 · Berlin International Film Festival
Switzerland
November 16, 1970 · French speaking region
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