The Man Who Lies (1968)

Original title

L'Homme qui ment

Directed by

Martin Hollý ml., Alain Robbe-Grillet

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wanders into a quiet village and tells contradictory stories about himself. The film watches as he reshapes his identity through a series of lies and fragments of memory.

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What happens

The Man Who Lies (French: L'Homme qui ment, Slovak: Muž, ktorý luže) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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