An Austrian diplomat assigned to Paris wakes up after having a strange nightmare and finds himself emotionally distanced from his world. He feels absolutely nothing as he attends to his daily routine. He gradually begins to behave in an increasingly strange manner. The story is based on Moment of True Feeling, a novel by Peter Handke.
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Cast
19 people
Niels Arestrup
Gregor Keuschnig
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Isabel Otero
Béatrice
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Philippe Diaz
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Didier Goldschmidt
Anne Wiazemsky
Stéphanie
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Au Hasard Balthazar
La Chinoise
Peter Handke
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The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
3 American LPs
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Taxi driver
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Delicatessen
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Jérôme Tonnerre
Roland Bertin
L'écrivain
Christiane Cohendy
Françoise
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Marguerite Bonnin
Agnès
Hans Meyer
L'ambassadeur
Didier Goldschmidt Director
First release May 1, 1988 · Produced in France · Production F.P.C. Productions
Production
La Sept
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F.P.C. Productions
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France
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 1, 1988
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · July 24, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 10, 1988 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
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