The Big Departure
The Big Departure

The Big Departure

November 15, 1972 | 71 min

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...

Genres

Drama Fantasy

Cast

Naomi Scott

Sterling Hayden

Naomi Scott

Anne Wiazemsky

Naomi Scott

Gilles Raysse

Naomi Scott

Lucienne Hamon

Naomi Scott

Alexandre Raysse

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