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The Big Departure (1972)

This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Sterling HaydenSterling HaydenM. Nature / The Leader
  • Photo of Anne WiazemskyAnne WiazemskyMona Lisa
  • Photo of Gilles RaysseGilles RaysseCaïn
  • Photo of Lucienne HamonLucienne HamonMme Nature
  • Photo of Alexandre RaysseAlexandre RaysseInnocence
  • Photo of Jackie RaynalJackie RaynalSterling Hayden's Wife
  • Photo of Okacha TouitaOkacha Touita

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