The Man Who Lies (French: L'Homme qui ment) is a 1968 French-Czechoslovak drama art film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. ...
The Man Who Lies (French: L'Homme qui ment) is a 1968 French-Czechoslovak
drama art film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. It was entered into the 18th
Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean-Louis Trintignant won the
Silver Bear for Best Actor award. {full_page}
In a small European town that had been occupied by the German Army during the
Second World War a man turns up calling himself sometimes Jean and sometimes
Boris, claiming that he had been active in the Resistance.
He suffers flashbacks that disconcertingly reveal incompatible memories of his
role, as sometimes he is the hero Jean, shot by the Germans, and sometimes he
is the traitor Boris. Nobody in the town admits to remembering him, which
increases his alienation and his urge to gain recognition.
In a decayed mansion he finds three secluded women: the widow of Jean, the
sister of Jean, and the maid Maria. Starting with Maria, he attempts to
convince them about his activities during the war, even if his accounts keep
differing.
Maria succumbs to his approaches and sleeps with him, as soon after does the
sister. Before he can claim the widow, in the role of Boris he is apparently
shot dead by an undead Jean.
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean Robin
/ Boris Varissa
Ivan MistrÃk as Jean
Zuzana Kocúriková as Laura
Sylvie Turbová as Sylvia
Sylvie Bréal as Maria, the maid
Jozef Cierny as Father
Jozef Króner as Franz
Dominique Prado as Lisa, the barmaid
Dusan Blaskovic as Innkeeper
Catherine Robbe-Grillet as
Pharmacist
Július Vasek as VladimÃr
Ivan Letko as German officer
Dans une région agitée par des guerres récentes, un homme que personne ne
connaît arrive à pied. Il s’arrête dans une auberge, écoutant les
conversations qui commentent une affaire locale : le retour attendu d’un
certain Jean. L’étranger retrouve la demeure de ce héros mystérieux, une
grande maison frappée d’abandon.
Là vivent retranchées la sœur et la femme de Jean, ainsi que la servante,
entourées de portraits du disparu. Charmeur, l’étranger se présente de façon
séduisante, si bien qu’on l’écoute et qu’on finit par croire ce qu’il dit,
même lorsque ses affirmations se contredisent…
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