Une sale histoire (1977)

Directed by

Jean Eustache

Genre

documentary, comedy, drama

Country

France

Runtime

50 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man recounts how he discovered a peephole in the women's bathroom of a Paris cafe. The first half shows the story acted as fiction, and the second half presents the real man telling it in an unscripted interview.

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What happens

Une sale histoire (also known as A Dirty Story) is an unusual short 1977 French film of two halves, or two related short films tagged on to each other, by French director Jean Eustache. It concerns the factual tale of a man who finds a peep hole in the female toilets of a café - the story firstly being acted out and secondly being conveyed off-the-cuff by the man this actually happened to. Luc Béraud is assistant director on the movie. The film stars Michael Lonsdale, Laurie Zimmer (credited as Laura Fanning) and Françoise Lebrun. In the second half, presented as a document whereas the first part is a fiction, the main role is played by Jean-Noël Picq. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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