The Lorry (French: Le camion) or The Truck is a 1977 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras.
| The Lorry | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marguerite Duras |
| Written by | Marguerite Duras |
| Produced by | François Barat Pierre Barat |
| Starring | Marguerite Duras Gérard Depardieu |
| Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten |
| Edited by | Dominique Auvray |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Reaction edit
Le camion was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
After the Cannes debut, the crowd reacted "at first with highly vocal disbelief and the with outbursts of anger, and walk-outs" and even those "charmed by her harmonious, lulling use of the film medium ... have, buried under a few layers, the rebellious instincts that others [gave] loud voice to."[2]
Following the showing, Duras stood atop a flight of stairs while a crowd yelled insults at her.[2]
In an interview with Marguerite Duras, Jean-Luc Godard praised the film for the way that it "lets the text come through but also carries it."[3]
Cast edit
- Marguerite Duras as Her
- Gérard Depardieu as Him
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Lorry". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Marguerite Duras" by Pauline Kael. Originally published in The New Yorker (1977). Collected in The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael edited Sanford Schwarts, The Library of America, 2011, pp 552–556.
- ^ Duras, Marguerite, Godard, Jean Luc, Duras-Godard, NY: Film Desk Books: 2020.
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