The Lorry (1977)

In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.

Directing:
  • Marguerite Duras

Writing:
  • Marguerite Duras

Stars:
Release Date: 1977-05-27
themoviedb icon 6.4/10
  • Country: FR
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 76
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