The Big Departure
15/11/1972
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...
Movie Information
Sterling Hayden
as M. Nature / The Leader
Anne Wiazemsky
as Mona Lisa
Gilles Raysse
as Caïn
Lucienne Hamon
as Mme Nature
Alexandre Raysse
as Innocence
Jackie Raynal
as Sterling Hayden's Wife
Okacha Touita
as
