Protagonist is the young actor Yvan. During a tour, he witnesses the inexplicable suicide of one of his fellow actors. Back in Paris he tells Xénie, the ex-lover of the dead actor. Xénie is in love with Yvan, but the latter sinks deeper and deeper into a personal crisis. At a certain point he acts being blind and buys a pair of glasses with black lenses. He is fascinated by his new, more restricted manner of seeing and refuses to open his eyes. Reality makes way for his more and more obsessive imagination. The mixture of fantasy and reality meant that Santoni's approach was compared with that of Buñuel.
Claude Breuer
Writer
Jeanne Bronner
Writer
Joël Santoni
Writer, Director

Gérard Desarthe
Yvan

Lorraine Rainer
Xénie

Marcel Dalio
Le vieux monsieur

Jean Carmet
Raoul

Lucien Raimbourg
Pépère
Adieu Philippine69%
Le ciel attendra69%
Reading Lolita in Tehran73%
Merci la vie62%
Banlieusards 360%
Haute Couture61%
Michou d'Auber64%
TalhotBlond63%
I'm Not Here58%
L'Exercice de l'État64%
Moka60%
Lux Æterna61%
Mon frère65%
24 Jours66%
La joven69%
El Greco59%
Chaos63%
Brotherly Love70%
Banlieusards 261%
À pied d’œuvre66%