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Pantalaskas (1960)

★ 0.0/10 90 min Comedy, Drama France French
Director: Paul Paviot
Streaming: Not available

Description

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.

Top Cast

Carl Studer
Carl Studer Casimir Pantalaskas
Ana María Cassan Anna-Maria
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard Lajarrige Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
Daniel Emilfork The baron
Jacques Marin
Jacques Marin Tropmann
Albert Rémy Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
Dominique Boschero The brunette prostitute
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Marie-Hélène Dasté The illuminated

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